Just seen the article on 10 of the most bizarre health bans or restrictions spotted in media coverage by HSE over the last year. 1. Wimbledon officials citing health and safety as a reason to close Murray Mount when it was wet 2. Stopping dodgem cars from bumping into each other at Butlins in Skegness 3. Banning Royal wedding street parties 4. Removing an unwanted, bulky TV from a pensioner's home for recycling 5. Carnivals with fancy dress parades 6. Kite flying on a popular tourist beach in east Yorkshire 7. Stopping pupils from using playground monkey bars unsupervised in Oxfordshire 8. Using pins to secure commemorative poppies 9. Schoolyard football games banned - unless the ball is made of sponge 10. Children no longer allowed to take part in a sack race at Sports Day Funnily enough it doesn't mention the girl who had her vaseline confiscated at school for 'health & safety' reasons as it wasn't a prescribed medicine. http://www.bluechip.co.u...cuse-unpopular-decisions http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/bizarre-bans/index.htm Recent press articles on health and safety rules as an excuse to make "unpopular decisions" may help to reduce these types of decisions.

Fancy dress parades banned! Oh no..what will Mickey and co do if this goes Euro wide?! (though when I was a kid I near enough collapsed from heat exhaustion after donning my Dad's full firefighting gear including slickers, HEAVY jacket, helmet and boots that were about 10 sizes to big for me. I then walked about a mile through the streets of the village in temperatures up in the late 20's....did collect loads of extra "pocket money" though collecting money in the helmet as I walked round so had about 6 ice lollies afterwards!) Ah, those were the days....

Quite the opposite I think you'll find Buzz... http://www.shponline.co....h-and-safety-myth-making http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/bizarre-bans/index.htm http://www.iosh.co.uk/ne...vernment_sees_sense.aspx