Probe after hot air balloon crash A pilot and 10 passengers escape injury after a hot air balloon crashes into an electricity pylon.
In pictures: Christmas Hunt Pictures of the traditional post-Christmas hunt, held two months before a proposed ban on hunting.
Catalogue of Christmas tragedy An elderly woman is killed delivering Christmas presents, and a man who stuck his head out of a car window and hit a tree dies.
Friday: heavy showers, Max Temp: 6°C (43°F), Min Temp: 3°C (37°F) Saturday: sunny, Max Temp: 6°C (43°F), Min Temp: -2°C (28°F) Sunday: sunny, Max Temp: 6°C (43°F), Min Temp: 4°C (39°F)
