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Bailiffs abseiling from a crane removed veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ from a bamboo tower today built to delay construction on HS2. Protesters erected the tower holding British activist Dan Hooper, 47, in a London river to block a bridge for a road through a forest for the multi-billion pound train project. Two black-clad officials suspended from … Read more
Don’t look down! Workman dangles 150ft up as council sends ABSEILING team to remove windowsill plant pots – all in the name of health and safety Camden Council sent tenants a letter telling them to remove their window boxes Warning letter said the pots were ‘dangerous’ and residents had eight days to act A housing … Read more
Emmerdale star Lorraine Chase is suing for £100,000 over a reality TV abseiling accident which she claims ended her pantomime career. The former model, who shot to fame in the 1970s as the ‘Luton Airport girl’ in a series of Campari adverts, has spent recent years on reality TV and doing pantomimes. But the 69-year-old … Read more
She may have served nine years in a Balinese prison for marijuana smuggling. But Schapelle Corby cracks under pressure in a trailer for Tuesday night’s episode of SAS Australia. The 43-year-old lets out a blood-curdling scream as she struggles to abseil down a mountain after revealing she is deathly afraid of heights. Scroll down for … Read more
A solider fell to his death in a climbing accident in the Swiss Alps when a rock holding his abseiling rope toppled over as he descended a mountain, an inquest has heard. Lance Corporal Hayden Prince, 24 from Cambridge, was on a private trip with two mountaineering friends while on annual leave from the British … Read more