Huge chunk of Soviet rocket may have broken up over southern England

The descent capsule of Kosmos 482 has been orbiting Earth for over 50 years, but all things come to an end (Picture: NASA)

An out-of-control spacecraft intended to reach Venus has instead crashed back down to Earth, and it might even have happened in England.

If you saw a fireball streaking down overnight, it might be a good time to inform the European Space Agency.

They, along with Nasa, Roscosmos and other organisations, have been tracking the course of Kosmos 482, which launched...