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Be Prepared when Taking on Death Defying Sports and Recreation

People attempt death defying sports every year, earning bragging rights and taking home t-shirts advertising their success. Even though the risks are high, and some people, including very experienced athletes die in their attempts at extreme sports, people keep lining up to give them a try. Here is a look at some of the more risky sports you might be tempted to try this summer.

Crash victim's father: NZ 'unsafe'

The family of a British tourist killed when a skydiving plane crashed at Fox Glacier has launched an internet campaign claiming New Zealand is unsafe. Chris Coker, whose 24-year-old son Bradley was one of nine people killed in New...

Dangerous Dave takes the plunge for charity!

David Thornhill, managing director of Mitcheldean-based Simplicity – one of the UK’s leading providers of outsourced back office and financial services – is planning to take the plunge by skydiving on Saturday 2 nd June in Cirencester for Whizz-Kidz.

NZ unsafe, says crash victim's father

The family of a British tourist killed when a skydiving plane crashed at Fox Glacier has launched an internet campaign claiming New Zealand is unsafe. read more

The sky's the limit: an extraordinary group of sky diving servicemen

Lying in a hospital bed almost six years ago Sergeant Stuart Pearson had just survived a day of unimaginable horror. Caught in a minefield in Helmand, Afghanistan, he and his fellow soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, had valiantly fought to save each other. One by one, they were hit by exploding mines. Three of them lost legs while Corporal Mark Wright died trying to help ...