A Russian cargo ship which was leaning to one side after getting into difficulties off the south coast of England has been towed to harbour.

An intensive search has resumed in the south-eastern Bahamas for a US cargo ship with 33 people on board that has not been heard from since it lost power and was taking on water as it was battered in fierce seas churned up by Hurricane Joaquin.

Russia’s Mission Control has failed to stabilise a cargo ship spinning out of control in orbit and it is plunging back to Earth.