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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7b3b/live/eaf61620-505e-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg”] SAM READ/BBC A fire at the Newton Leys recycling facility in Bletchley is thought to have been started by a battery When a waste recycling facility in Buckinghamshire caught fire last March, it was immediately clear there would be an impact. Six crews fought the fire at Bletchley, Milton Keynes, which ruined…

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