Matt Black -- Hard Hats?

Following an accident near Horninglow Basin on the Trent & Mersey Canal in which a boater on the tiller of a hired narrowboat was injured by a low bridge, H&S officials have been called in to investigate.

The boater received a nasty cut to the head, which was treated by the AV paramedic who had been called to the scene. It took the biggest Elastoplast he had in his box to cover the wound, he said

H&S officials are now considering making the lower section of the T&M a linear "Hard Hat" area. Similar proposals have been made in the past regarding the Caldon Canal and all tunnels on the system.
One investigator said he didn't know why AV had done this when it was formed.

(It seems the boater is now suing AV for not putting up warning signs and in a separate case suing the paramedic on the grounds that the boater is allergic to Elastoplast..... Ed).