Bad weather grounds Bond balloon stunt

A mile-high stunt in which a James Bond lookalike was hoping to descend to the ground by shooting down the 300 balloons that suspended him was postponed today due to bad weather.

Mike Howard, dressed as his daredevil hero in a dinner jacket, was aiming to rise to more than 11,000ft with the helium-filled balloons to beat the world record at Bristol’s International Balloon Fiesta.