FILM-MAKER Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition to the United States on a child sex conviction, will be released on bail tomorrow and taken to his chalet, the Swiss justice ministry said.

A SWISS man who stood to inherit real estate worth $78 million (€49m) was convicted of killing three women, including his adoptive mother and sister, and sentenced to life in prison.

Foods group Nestle said today it had achieved a strong first half of the year after overcoming rising cost pressures and tough trading conditions.

Price increases in the UK and continental Europe helped to keep foods group Nestle on track for its full-year targets in the first quarter, it said today.

A Briton and her four-year-old son drowned while swimming in a mountain lake in western Switzerland.