I was on a nav/landaway with my instructor today, and was routing from Turweston (near Silverstone) to turn overhead Podington (Santa Pod Raceway) near Wellingborough, when we were told by Cranfield of a "temporary danger area" just West of the M1 between Junctions 15A and 16, and to keep well away. We wondered aloud what it might be, and I have just discovered that it was due to a light aircraft (microlite?) coming down near the village of Bugbrooke (I know it well, with friends living there). As a result, one person on board died and another was seriously injured, which is terrible news.
It was a perfect day for flying, and it is sobering indeed to think that two people enjoying the beautifully clear and sunny conditions should end up this way. I'm sure our thoughts are with those concerned, and their families.