A hot air balloon flight ended in tragedy in Britain today when two men plunged to their deaths while attempting to climb to high altitude.

A hot air balloon on a high-altitude flight lost control and plummeted to the ground in England today, killing both occupants, emergency services said.

British supermarket group Morrisons today announced the sale of a further batch of stores acquired in its £3bn (€4.4bn) takeover of rival Safeway.