A Swiss tourist bus plunged into an Alpine ravine near the Great St Bernard Pass today, killing 12 people and injuring 15, police said.

FOUR mountaineers died yesterday as they descended the 4,491-metre (14,734-foot) Taeschhorn peak in the Swiss Alps, police said.

Four mountaineers died today as they descended the 4,491-metre (14,734-foot) Taeschhorn peak in the Swiss Alps, police said.