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Heavyweight ban
Last Modified: 05 Apr 2008
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PA News
Fat children are to be banned from riding Blackpool donkeys under new animal cruelty rules coming into force.
A new donkey code of practice is being brought in, stopping anyone over eight stone from riding the animals.
Amid growing worries of childhood obesity, it may mean a whole generation of children miss out on what has become a rite of passage at Britain's seaside resorts.
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