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THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT STOLE CHRISTIMAS

THE SUN, UK - High streets face a Christmas blackout because of health
and safety rules, business leaders warned. The demands of insurers mean
festive lights are simply too expensive to put up. They say
illuminations should be erected by trained professionals using a
hydraulic platform, rather than ladders. Fittings should undergo a
rigorous "pull test" to ensure they can secure cables and many councils
are even ordered to individually test every bolt with a pressure gauge.
. . In Clevedon, near Bristol, illuminations have been scrapped after
the council said they could no longer be fixed to lampposts or buildings
- leaving traders such as Amy Bennett, who runs a chocolate shop, fed
up. . . In Sandwell, traders have been told lights cannot be strung
across the roads because they are now deemed too wide, and cables may
break. . . But there will be lights in Elgin, near Aberdeen - because
they are kept up all year to save money.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article336726.ece

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