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Paul Sandford took this picture in Nottingham. The operator had somehow manoeuvred the digger over the open trench 鈥� an ingenious solution to finding space for city centre parking.
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鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
Thanks to reader Martin Thorp who sent in this image, which he took in Brussels. Martin says: 鈥淭he operative was half out of the basket while his mate leans against the controls - no helmets or harnesses!鈥�
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