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The University of East Anglia has scrapped the tradition of students throwing their mortarboards into the air after graduating on health and safety grounds. The university say that a number of students have been hurt by falling hats in recent years. Dotun Adebayo spoke to Rachel Egan who had been injured by a mortarboard at her graduation in 2012. Her and some friends wanted a picture with their mortarboards in the air. She said: “One of the mortarboards came down and struck me in the corner of my eye and left a bruise. Another one hit a nearby car.” When asked if she had put the incident behind her, she said: “I’m definitely over it now, I just remember it being quite painful!” (Rachel is far right in the picture) This clip was originally from The Late News Hour on Wednesday 18th May 2016