Police have used video of a man almost falling from a roof after jumping from one house to another to highlight the dangers of parkour or free running. The video shows the man leaping over an alley from the ridge of a house in Darlington to the pitched roof of a neighbouring property. It was reported to the police in Darlington, who shared footage of the incident on their Facebook page. “We’re sure you can see how easily this might have ended in tragedy,” officers warned in a post about the “alarming footage”. This week Horsham council in Sussex banned parkour under a public spaces protection order.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2016 09:33 UTC