A fundraising balloon, released at a village fete in the UK, has been found by a family in Norway, more than 600 miles from home. The blue balloon was sent on its long journey from North Somerset by 10-year-old Beccy Filer in a bid to raise money to buy equipment for her school. Read the full story

In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilometres across the sea and landed in the wilds of Lapland. Read the full story