Revealed: Britain's top 8 deadliest jobs - and not a lion tamer to be seen...
There’s a famous Monty Python sketch about a Mr Anchovy who wants to swap his boring job in accountancy for an altogether more dangerous and exciting profession as a lion tamer…
Well, new figures from the Health and Safety Executive show Britain’s deadliest jobs are far more mundane than lion taming; in fact, people working in the construction industry are most at risk of suffering a fatality.
Almost 200 people died on the UK building sites between 2011 and 2016 – here’s a look at the other riskiest professions in the country – ranked.