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Keep up to dateThis London window cleaner spotted working several storeys up without any safety equipment is obviously no vertigo sufferer
A Burgess, who took this snap, was less sanguine about such foolhardy working practices: “Cleaning windows earlier this week on fourth-floor building in Mayfair with no harness, PPE – nothing!” he remarked in horror.
Don't have a ladder suitable for working on stairs? Just get your pal to act as an extension!
'This is nothing – when we work at height we then need to strap on a another ladder,' this contractor told our alarmed correspondent
Poised on a bucket on a single scaffolding plank above thin air – this clown has missed his vocation. Let's hope he lives long enough to fulfil his circus ambitions in a more appropriate context
Approved schemes include designs by Simpson Haugh and Hawkins Brown
Michelmersh due to announce 2024 results next March
65 Gresham Street plan includes outdoor workspace on every floor
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