Skibbereen celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings on Friday night, with Bridge Street transformed into a wacky lunar landscape populated by astronauts and aliens for the West Corktown’s annual arts festival street party.

Last week, John Bercow, Britain’s Commons speaker, was accused of “obscene waste” after racking up a £172 bill for being chauffeur-driven to a conference just 0.7 miles (1.1km) from Parliament.

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington is launching a crowd-funding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon.