Stop bashing our bridges

CHILDREN took a leaf out of survival expert Ray Mears’ book when they dressed up as nature explorers for a fun play session.

The event was at the Jo Jingles class at The Edge Play Gym in Brighouse, which provides pre-school children an educational introduction to music, movement, singing and playing instruments.

The sponsored event was a fundraiser for Tommy’s, the miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth charity.

Class teacher Louise Hodder said: “It went really well.

“I would say it was organised chaos!”

The event at The Edge Play Gym, which is in Church Lane, took place last month.

Jo Jingles is hosting ‘Jinglethons’ in classes in Huddersfield and Halifax, which hundreds of local children aged three months to five-years-old

Rob McIntosh, route managing director at Network Rail, said: “Bridge strikes are completely preventable, which is why we have teamed up with key transport industries to raise awareness of the problem and look at ways in which we can work together to reduce these incidents.

“Reducing these incidents means that we can improve journeys for are participating in.

The Jinglethons are supported by children’s food company Little Dish.

Donations raised by the little ones will go to Tommy’s to fund further research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. passengers and ensure we provide a network which meets the needs of the economies and communities our railway serves.”

David Pickering, chief operating officer at haulage firm Eddie Stobart, said: “We are pleased to support Network Rail’s campaign as we have worked really hard to highlight the importance of our drivers knowing the height of their vehicles.

One in four women in the UK lose a baby during pregnancy or just after birth.

Around one in 27 babies are stillborn per year, which is the equivalent of 10 babies a day. In addition, 684 babies are miscarried a day. This Turkish articulated lorry getting stuck under the railway bridge on Gledholt Bank is typical of a number of accidents of this kind in our region

“As well as carefully planning routes to avoid low bridges, we carry out manual vehicle checks at the beginning of every journey which requires the driver to adjust the trailer height on a measurement in the cab. Additionally, we are installing software early next year which will warn drivers with an audible alarm when they are approaching a bridge.”