Don't think its gonna have a happy ending somehow!! News Internationals plan to deflect criticism for the News Of The Worlds alleged behaviour seems to be rolling out the big guns; "Footballer is a naughty boy", "Elf N Safety get a slap in the face, god bless the 999 crews" etc.... I fear that our current government are trying to sell the gullible the idea that there is high hazard or no hazard, with no grey area between...

It's the Sun!! Who cares

Wouldn't Sun readers be classed as vulnerable adults and so require specific risk assessment to protect them from themselves?

Dont think any of the "papers" give a good account of anythingto do with good events where health and safet has helped save lives. I dont think this forum is a platform to berate people or make assumptions regarding peoples abilities or choice of reading matter. And no i dont read the Sun;

Don't buy it. Don't read it. Don't think about. If enough people stop buying then the paper stops printing. Vote with your wallets - it is the last worthwhile vote we have.

:) Great stuff I only posted this as the HSE tweeted the article! I clicked the shorted link and had inadvertently visited the sun website :(

Just to expand on Martin1's comment that "If enough people stop buying then the paper stops printing": Apparently most publishers of newspapers and magazines make only a limited proportion of their money from the sales of their publications to readers. Most of their money comes from selling advertising space - and the greater the readership numbers, the more they can charge companies and organisations which wish to advertise. However, if a publication experiences a significant decline in its readership, advertisers may decide to advertise elsewhere or insist on paying a lower fee. Earlier today I heard on Radio 4 news that various big name companies had told the "News of the World" that they no longer wished to continue advertising in the newspaper because of recent and increasing revelations about (alleged) hacking of numerous private mobile phones, including those associated with murder victims and/or their relatives. I've just looked at Google News and seen that the paper will cease to be published after this coming Sunday. As a BBC news webpage describes the paper as "the UK's best-selling newspaper and reportedly the most read English language paper", it is quite probable that the impending significant loss of advertising revenue entwined with mounting criticism about the phone hacking is the real cause of the paper's demise rather than contrition on the part of News International.

Hello Ray Funnily enough I have a query in with the HSE asking that very question. I certainly don't know of any prosecutions or even cautions for any emergency service worker endangering themselves in order to try to help another. There certainly won't be any prosecutions in the future as the HSE has publicly said that they won't investigate, let alone prosecute any such acts - this is in the Striking the Balance Guidance - and also the CPS have said in their internal guidance that it would not be in the public interest to prosecute such a case. As far as I can see it is a complete myth.

Thanks Clive, I would be interested in the HSE response to your question. My guess is that no one from the emergency services has ever been prosecuted. If that is the case, it would have been helpful had the HSE/CPS come clean and stated that in the first place in order to kill the myth!

The Sun should go the same way as the News of the World. Who believes anything that is in the rag. It's a wonder they aren't printing that the 'Health and Safety at Work Act' has just been released. Don't by the Sun.

I was going to respond to reply 11, but fear i may type something and press enter and get banned. Stereotypes seem to be still alive and well and kicking... Anyway will leave it there as my hatred of Murdoch and the s*n will probably make my head blow off...