Science & Environment

Fire crews remain at scene of recycling site blaze

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Four fire crews have remained at the scene of a large blaze at a recycling centre.

Firefighters were called to the site at Hovefields Avenue in Basildon, Essex, overnight to tackle the fire, which had spread across warehouses and 15 vehicles.

Essex Fire and Rescue Service said it expected to stay at the scene throughout the weekend and were using a digger to break up recycling material in order to fully extinguish the fire.

Council holds minute's silence for Southport victims

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The headteachers of the three girls killed in the Southport stabbings have attended a full council meeting where a one-minute silence was held.

Councillors came together to reflect on the tragic events on 29 July, when Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King died in a knife attack during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

The extraordinary meeting heard how the town had struggled to come to terms with the tragic events of 29 July.

SpaceX will return stranded astronauts next year

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Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX.

Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to International Space Station (ISS) on would return to Earth "un-crewed".

The pair took off on what was planned to be an eight-day mission on 5 June but will now spend around eight months in orbit.