Both the curious and those convinced the Turin Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ can have a brief look starting today and for a period of six weeks.

At least six people were killed when a Swiss tourist bus carrying 27 people plunged into an Alpine ravine near the Great St Bernard Pass today.

A professional Italian thief who gained short-lived notoriety for having stolen jewellery and other items belonging to the Prince of Wales from St James’s Palace was shot dead at his home in northwest Italy, police said.

An avalanche ploughed down a mountainside in northwest Italy today killing four skiers and injuring at least six others, civil protection officials said.

A family of four have been killed after a racing car driver skidded out of control and into the crowd during an amateur rally in northwest Italy.