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• Dangerous games
British driver Dan Wheldon was killed in an Indy car race in the US. He is the second driver to die during races or warm-ups in ten years, which suggests a chance of dying in a single race of around one in 3,000.
Risk of dying in one event
BASE jumping: 1 in 2,317
Swimming: 1 in 56,587
Cycling: 1 in 92,325
Running: 1 in 97,455
Skydiving: 1 in 101,083
Football: 1 in 103,187
Hang-gliding: 1 in 116,000
Horse-riding: 1 in 175,418
Table tennis: 1 in 250,597
Source: Bandolier
• Junior ministers
Chloe Smith has become Economic Secretary to the Treasury, one of the most senior positions outside the Cabinet, at 29. The young politicians to beat:
Age at arrival in Cabinet
William Hague: 34 and 102 days
Ruth Kelly: 36 and 221 days
David Owen: 38 and 234 days
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