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Explosives were yesterday used on a stricken container ship to try and split it in half so it can be removed from a World Heritage Coast.

Discs of hardened oil washed up on beaches in north-western France today and officials said they were investigating whether they came from a damaged British cargo ship.

SCAVENGERS were continuing to defy the authorities last night as hundreds of people picked over wreckage from a beached container ship.

A MAJOR anti-pollution operation was underway last night after a stricken cargo ship started leaking oil off the coast of Devon.

A search has begun for signs of pollution after 50 containers were thrown into the sea when a cargo ship beached off the coast of Devon in England.