Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel faced the heartbreaking task of identifying the bodies ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children.

A tourist bus that slammed into a concrete wall in a Swiss Alps tunnel, killing 28 people, was not speeding, Swiss police have said.

Swiss police said today that a tourist bus which crashed head-on into a concrete wall in a Swiss Alps tunnel, killing 28 people, was not speeding at the time.

Celtic will discover if their Europa League reinstatement stands on Tuesday - two days before their scheduled opener against Atletico Madrid – after Sion submitted an appeal against their expulsion late last night.

Sion’s battle to be reinstated in the Europa League in place of Celtic has suffered a blow after a local Swiss court ruled they had no jurisdiction to hear the case.

Troops have joined around 300 firefighters battling strong headwinds and dry conditions to extinguish a huge forest fire in southern Switzerland.

The Irish branch of international banking group Investec, has today announced that it has achieved a sale price of £19m (€28.2m) on behalf of an Irish investment syndicate through the sale of 2 Seething Lane, London EC3.

Former Swiss skiing star Corinne Rey-Bellet and her brother, Alain, were shot dead in their parents’ home, police said today.

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

Cows that lock horns in an annual test of strength in the Swiss Alps must face renewed doping tests, authorities have decided.

A father and son have died while climbing in the Swiss Alps.

Four skiers died in an avalanche after straying off piste in the Swiss Alps today.