Alicia Hempleman-Adams, from Bath, landed safely with her teammates Bert Padelt and Peter Cuneo in Luxembourg on Sunday.

Alicia Hempleman-Adams, from Bath, landed safely with her teammates Bert Padelt and Peter Cuneo in Luxembourg on Sunday.

Alicia Hempleman-Adams, 36, from Bath, Somerset, took four days to make the unprecedented crossing in an open basket - with ice build-up on the balloon putting the team in real…

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Alicia Hempleman-Adams has become the first British woman to complete a transatlantic journey in a hydrogen gas balloon after a four-day flight from the United States to Europe.