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Explosion wrecks rocket and pad, leaving NASA's lunar ambitions looking less than launch-ready

Standing in the middle of a Brussels sprout feild in Norfolk, I felt a familiar twinge of pain. Immediately realising what was happening, I cursed quietly. I knew there was nothing I could do.

Sometimes I look at my partner and think: why haven't you bought me a Fortnum & Mason musical advent calendar? You say we have to live within our means, but it doesn't seem to apply to everyone.

At an exclusive London hotel in London, and under a wide-brimmed white hat, Dame Joan Collins' dazzling eyes still have that twinkle in them and her features belie her 93 years.

A serial burglar has been jailed after admitting a series of break-ins across four counties including Essex and Suffolk.

A serial burglar has been jailed after admitting a series of break-ins across four counties including Essex and Suffolk.

Essex Police have launched an appeal for find 53-year-old man Scott Game, who has been reported missing from the Clacton area.

Essex Police have launched an appeal for find 53-year-old man Scott Game, who has been reported missing from the Clacton area.

Katie Price has been attempting to debunk some of the things that don't add up from her husband Lee Andrews' recent mysterious disappearance and prison stint.

Benjamin Parker heads to Hawaii, and discovers the broad appeal of the archipelago beyond its beaches and palm trees.

Katie Price has admitted leaving mum Amy 'so p****d off' after snubbing her amid husband Lee Andrews' recent mysterious disappearance and prison stint.

Acclaimed screenwriter Jeff Pope has been commissioned to pen the two-part factual series about Ms Everard's abduction, rape and murder.

While the saying 'you get what you pay for' does ring true in many instances, but the 'best' product isn't always the one that cleans out your bank account. Nor is the newest product with the latest features.

The Labour Party turned on Sir Tony Blair once again this week for committing the cardinal sin of stating the bleeding obvious.

The Knightsbridge home once served as the Panamanian Embassy, but became Dame Fonteyn's home when she married Roberto Arias, who was Panama's ambassador to the UK.

A senior CIA official, David Rush, was arrested after investigators found more than $40 million in gold bars and about $2 million in cash at his Virginia home. According to the New York Times, "The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars." From the report: The court papers describe Mr. Rush as a "former senior executive service-level employee at a United States government agency." People familiar with the investigation say he until very recently held a senior position at the C.I.A. In a joint statement, the C.I.A. and F.B.I. said the arrest occurred on May 19, after the agency alerted the bureau. "After a C.I.A. internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, C.I.A. Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the F.B.I. for a law enforcement investigation," the statement said. From last November to March, the court papers say, Mr. Rush asked for, and received, "a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses." When the C.I.A. conducted a review of where the gold and currency were stashed, the agency was "unable to locate the gold bars or significant amounts of the foreign currency," according to court papers. On May 18, F.B.I. agents searched Mr. Rush's home and found "approximately 303 gold bars, each of which weighed approximately one kilogram," according to an affidavit. Based on the price of gold, the affidavit said, the estimated value of the gold exceeded $40 million. Investigators also seized nearly three dozen luxury watches, many of them Rolexes. The court papers do not indicate why Mr. Rush appears to have kept so much gold, and $2 million in U.S. currency, in his home, or what work project would have required him to amass such wealth.

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Drivers commuting into Essex via the Dartford Tunnel are experiencing severe delays, due to heavier-than-normal traffic conditions.

Drivers commuting into Essex via the Dartford Tunnel are experiencing severe delays, due to heavier-than-normal traffic conditions.

Fern Britton has claimed a BBC Breakfast editor once locked her in an office with another boss to berate her after telling her she was 'awful' midway through a show.

Lady Ramsay's 22-year career saw her become the most senior officer in MI6 and take part in the 1985 extraction of KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky from the Soviet Union.