Police have closed a three-mile stretch of beach after a large number of
unidentified "white granules" washed ashore.

North Yorkshire Police say a specialist unit has been sent to test the
substance at Hunmanby, near Filey.

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Five teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire in a scrapyard
that forced the M1 to close in both directions.

The blaze in a recycling yard in north London caused serious damage to the
motorway bridge almost two weeks ago.