Safety first in Britain

. Recently, 118 local government councils conducted formal tests on their cemeteries' gravestones to see how susceptible they are to toppling over and hurting people, according to an April Daily Telegraph report.

. In April, a circus clown performing in Liverpool was ordered not to wear his classic oversized shoes because he could trip and injure someone.

. BBC producers, wielding a "telephone book-size" set of safety precautions while making a recent adventure documentary, ordered Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (the first person to sail single-handedly and nonstop around the world) not to light a portable stove unless a "safety advisor" supervised.