Bale out! Workers dangle bale of hay from Millennium Bridge as they carry out urgent repairs – to make sure they are not breaking ancient by-law requiring workers to warn river traffic below

It is an ancient by-law with uncertain origins. But that did not stop workmen from sticking rigidly to it this week, as evidenced by the bale of hay that was pictured hanging from London’s Millennium Bridge.The centuries-old by-law in question features in...