A Trinidadian woman caught smuggling cocaine into Dublin to raise money to treat her seriously ill son has been sentenced to six years in prison with five suspended.

Nepal today ordered an investigation into a helicopter crash that killed 24 people including a Cabinet minister and several top international conservationists in the Himalayan nation’s worst helicopter accident.

Rescuers in Nepal said there were no survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter found days after it disappeared while carrying the forestry minister and 23 other people, including foreign officials, aid workers and journalists.

A Nepalese army rescue helicopter today spotted the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared while carrying the forestry minister and 23 other people, including foreign officials, aid workers and journalists.

Fresh rainfall and fog cover over mountains in eastern Nepal was hampering rescuers today as they searched for a helicopter reported missing with 24 people on board, officials said.