Underwriters got cold feet at the International Science Festival in Edinburgh at the weekend.

Organiser Dr Simon Gage was unable to find an insurer to cover the public coal-walking stunt he had planned, despite having got cover at previous events.

Gage said he tried several insurers to no avail, which meant the coal-walking went ahead as a demonstration only.


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