Church hit with €1,900 bulb bill

HOW much does it cost to change five light bulbs? A whopping €1,900 since the EU ruled you must use scaffolding if the bulb is more than 40 feet above the ground.

The EU directive has left a rural church in England reeling after it received a £1,300 (€1,900) bill to replace a handful of light bulbs because of new health and safety laws.

It used to cost about £200 (€292) and take a couple of hours for someone to clamber up a ladder and change the bulbs at St Benet’s Minster in Beccles, Suffolk.