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Southend man Patrick O’Keefe charged after allegedly brandishing an imitation handgun in Warrior Square and facing racially aggravated harassment charges.

Southend man Patrick O’Keefe charged after allegedly brandishing an imitation handgun in Warrior Square and facing racially aggravated harassment charges.

Once they arrived in Spain, the women, mostly from Venezuela, had their money and belongings confiscated and made to pay off €5,000 they were told they owed to the crime group.

M11 southbound closed after a crash near Junction 9 for Saffron Walden, Essex, with 42-minute delays and average speeds of just 5mph. Avoid area if possible.

Animal activist Rose Patterson is upset. She is dismayed at being found guilty of stealing three lambs from King Charles after climbing into a field on his Sandringham estate in Norfolk back in 2023.

Families in the UK face a £1,500 Christmas bill this year amid rising costs, with a third of Britons saying they are prepared to take on debt to cover the festive splurge.

They are calling for a change

Veteran Kennedy biographer Laurence Leamer chronicles the former president's sexploits in eye-popping detail in Ladies' Man.

Eating too much salt may contribute to development of a severe type of fatty liver disease even in people who are not overweight, a study revealed.

The singer, 41, sparking genuine concern for her health and wellbeing at the ceremony in Manchester, where she looked considerably slimmer while stood on stage with her mother Sharon.

"What did four astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon during NASA's Artemis II mission?" asks a new NASA web page, offering some fascinating pictures and video: Through photographs, spoken observations, drawings, and annotations, the Artemis II crew created a unique scientific record — one that is now available to the science community and the public for further study... As part of the mission science plan, lunar scientists asked the Artemis II crew to watch for tiny flashes sparked by rocky fragments hitting the Moon. Even so, some scientists were astonished when astronauts reported seeing five extremely faint "pinprick" bursts of light from 46,000 miles away. After ruling out other sources — cosmic rays or reflections from the spacecraft — the science team confirmed the sightings... The impact flash observations happened during a planned loss of communications while the Artemis II crew was on the far side of the Moon... Apollo astronauts saw similar flashes from lunar orbit, but the Artemis crew likely caught the faintest ever seen with the unaided eye. From the brightness of the flashes, scientists estimated that incoming rocks were each no more than a couple of inches wide. Despite their size, they were traveling thousands of miles per hour, producing just enough light upon impact to be visible. The nearly hour-long total solar eclipse that the crew experienced while passing by the Moon's far side created ideal dark conditions for spotting such subtle bursts. With no atmosphere to slow or burn up incoming debris, projectiles slam freely into the lunar surface. The crew's direct observations of this process on the Moon's far side provided a rare dataset that will help us understand how often these small impacts occur, which is essential for assessing long-term risks to future lunar habitats and infrastructure... The crew reported seeing subtle hues of gray, black, brown, tan, white, green, and blue across the Moon's surface. This muted rainbow offers clues to the rocks and minerals that make up different lunar regions, helping scientists piece together how the Moon — and, by extension, Earth — evolved over time. "Amazing news," Mission Control responded when they heard about the flashes. Space.com reports that when a Mission Control operator looked over at the Science Evaluation Room, "they were jumping up and down, literally." NASA blogged this week that more than 800 gigabytes of Artemis II lunar science data — some previously unreleased — "have been uploaded to NASA's Planetary Data System, the public archive for NASA's planetary missions." This data release includes more than 11,000 full-resolution images and video of the Moon from the crew's handheld cameras and the Orion spacecraft's cameras, 8.5 hours of audio recordings of the crew's scientific observations of the lunar surface, and crew-annotated images... Along with this data, NASA has released the Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report, the Artemis II Lunar Science Operations Report, and the Artemis II Lunar Science Data User Guide.

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Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

Body language analyst Judi James said the former actress was playing the role of the 'gracious duchess' during what she described as an 'intentionally intense' and 'dramatic' embrace.

Three cars are believed to have been involved in the crash

On Thursday, the exciting news was announced that Hear'Say and Liberty X are joining forces for a huge arena tour 25 years after both shooting to fame on TV talent show Popstars in 2001. 

Retired wood carver John Agner, 85, was found by police were severe head injuries after his stolen Kia car was chased at high speed and crashed in a dead end.

Dylan Cope, nine, suffered a burst appendix which led to a sepsis infection spreading through his body - and a coroner ruled that had he been kept in hospital, 'his death would have been avoided'.

Dogs are banned from many Essex beaches over certain periods

Swimming with dolphins just ten minutes from their home in the tropical paradise of Mauritius is how Tom and Olivia Herron now like to start their working day.

Camila Valim, who lives in The Netherlands, used to be rushed off her feet daily thanks to her high-powered career. But that all came crashing down when the mother-of-two suffered from burnout.