How hot is too hot to work?

Gold standard

The Paralympics were instigated in 1948 and first held alongside the Olympics in Rome in 1960. But disabled athletes were competing in the Olympics long before that – notably George Eyser, a German who settled in St Louis, USA. That he had lost a leg after being run over by a train and wore a wooden prosthetic did not stop him taking up athletics and gymnastics. When the Olympics came to his city in 1904 he won three golds: in the parallel bars, long horse vault and 25ft rope climb. He won three other medals, on the pommel horse, horizontal bars and in a team event. He also competed in the triathlon, which in those days consisted of a 100m run, the long jump and shot put – but came last.

Ship shape

How dangerous is it at sea? Incidents involving ships bearing European flags:

– In 2022 there were 2,510 ‘incidents’ involving 2,701 ships; 6 ships were lost, with 612 severe casualties and 38 fatalities.