Rescue workers with dogs resumed their search today for four people still missing after the roof of a skating rink collapsed in southern Germany.

RESCUERS yesterday afternoon halted their search for people feared trapped for more than a day under the roof of a skating rink in south-eastern Germany, concerned that the ruins could collapse again.

Rescuers tonight halted their search for people feared trapped for more than a full day under the fallen roof of a skating rink in south-eastern Germany, concerned that the ruins could collapse again.

Rescuers dug with heavy equipment, shovels and their hands in freezing weather today to find people feared trapped following a roof collapse at a Bavarian skating rink that killed at least 11 people, including six children.