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Welcome to the hysterical, madcap world of 'health n safety', where boiling a kettle requires a competence regime and conkers grow in bubble wrap.

This page features a collection of stories which will have you pulling your hair out (assuming you still have some).

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Potty!
2nd February 2012 (Express & Star)
A council has raided a row of flats in the Black Country and stripped the landings of carpets and pot plants in a health and safety drive.

January

	Why didn't the binman cross the road? 23rd January 2012 (Daily Express) A refuse collector was told not to cross the road to pick up a homeowner’s rubbish because it contravened health and safety rules.
	Dangerous delivery 20th January 2012 (This is Staffordshire) Royal Mail is refusing to deliver post to a 62-year-old woman's home on a quiet lane because there is no pavement outside her home.
	Out of control 17th January 2012 (The Courier) For health and safety reasons, managers at Dundee Sheriff Court called out an engineer from Edinburgh to change the batteries in a remote control.
	H&S threatens blood supplies 12th January 2012 (Metro) A blood donor was turned away from a clinic because medical staff said they were no longer allowed to tap her arm to help bring a vein to the surface.
	Safety costs scupper paddling pool 9th January 2012 (Wirral Globe) Health and safety rules look set to sink a seaside resort’s hopes of reopening its historic paddling pool and boating lake.
	Feet on the ground 9th January 2012 (Huffington Post) A Second World War fighter pilot has spoken out against "ridiculous" health and safety concerns which prevented him from sitting in the cockpit of a stationary Spitfire.

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