Road Safety Initiative Launched At Ben Jonson School

Tower Hamlets’ primary school children will be safer when they are out and about thanks to a new road safety activity book produced by Ben Jonson Primary School.

The road safety activity book was created by three Junior Road Safety Officers at Ben Jonson School, Ahmed Sharif, Nasnin Akther and Tasnim Begum, with the help of their year five classmates and Tower Hamlets Council’s Road Safety Team.

The book uses puzzles and other creative activities to inform young children about road safety in a fun way. The year five pupils developed the activities themselves and their illustrations are used in the publication. To date over 3000 activity books have been published and are being distributed to every five to seven year old pupils in the borough.

Margaret Cooper, Head of Transport and Highways at Tower Hamlets Council, said: “The road safety book is a credit to Ben Jonson Primary School. The pupils have shown a keen interest in road safety, great organizational skills and an interest in helping others to keep safe on the roads.

“Being vigilant on the roads will be really important during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, especially with the presence of the Transport for London Olympic Route Network which sees the removal of a number of road crossings. Getting the road safety message to school children is vital to their well being and this booklet will help in achieving this.”

Lovell Appointed To £55m Procurement For All Repairs Framework

Lovell has been appointed by Procurement for All (PFA) to work on the organisation's £55 million, national five-year repairs and maintenance framework.

Lovell is one of a number of companies set to deliver responsive repairs to homes for social housing providers in the North East and Midlands through the PFA framework which started in April 2012. PFA is a consortium made up of registered social housing providers.

"We are delighted to have been chosen by Procurement for All to work on this important framework, using our team’s extensive expertise in the social housing maintenance sector," said Andrew Green, regional manager for the Lovell repairs and maintenance business. "In addition to our technical expertise in the maintenance field, we are dedicated to providing residents with a high-quality, customer-focused service."

Lovell's repairs and maintenance team looks after more than 200,000 domestic and commercial properties across the UK. Services provided include day-to-day responsive repairs, void property refurbishments, programmed maintenance, and electrical and gas installations, servicing and repairs. The team has carried out over 311,000 repairs or service related visits in the last 12 months.

Leaflet For Pilots Explains Olympic Interception Procedures

As air security preparations for the Olympics continue this week, the Civil Aviation Authority in collaboration with the Royal Air Force has today released a leaflet for pilots, warning them that they need to understand the rules and procedures for London airspace during the Games.

The leaflet explains the procedures military aircrews will use to intercept and communicate with aircraft breaching restricted airspace during the Olympic Games, and the actions pilots must take in response.

The intercept procedures are part of a multi-layered Air Security Plan that includes radars, surveillance aircraft and ground-based air observers to detect any breach of the restricted area and armed aircraft to protect the public from an airborne threat.

It will still be possible for civilian pilots to use some areas of restricted airspace, provided they follow specific rules developed jointly by the Ministry of Defence and Civilian Aviation Authority. RAF air traffic controllers and flight planners will be on hand around the clock at a dedicated control centre to assist pilots with permission to enter the restricted areas.

Pilots failing to comply with the regulations face the possibility of prosecution and the loss of their flying licence. However, the video also warns of more serious consequences.

(CD/GK)