Pope Benedict XVI offered his prayers today for the victims of the ice rink collapse in Germany, his native country, and wished a swift recovery for the injured.

Rescue workers recovered three more bodies today from a collapsed skating rink in southern Germany and said there were no further signs of life as they searched for the one remaining missing person believed still under the Bad Reichenhall wreckage.

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.

At least 10 people, including four children, are believed to have died after the roof of a Bavarian skating rink collapsed.

FRANTIC parents called out to children as rescuers last night battled to free at least 10 or more people trapped under the roof of an ice skating rink that collapsed under heavy snow.

The death toll in a German ice rink disaster climbed to five this evening but rescuers feared it would go higher.

At least four people were killed and more than 20 missing tonight after the roof of an ice rink collapsed under the weight of snow in southern Germany.

Three people are dead and 20 missing after the roof of an ice rink in the Bavarian Alps collapsed today with about 50 people inside.

Injuries and deaths were feared today when the roof of an ice rink in a town in the Bavarian Alps collapsed, police said.