It's the silly season...

Why should something which has gone on for eighty years without any problem suddenly become unacceptable? This is what has happened in Newbridge, a small town in Wales, where the organisers of the annual Remembrance Day parade have been told by the local council that they must change its traditional route. The reason given? I'm sure you've already guessed - elfnsafety! And apparently it's not just Newbridge. Pity we didn't have Health and Safety inspectors in 1914 - nobody would have been allowed to leave their trench. Now that would have been worthwhile!