• Eleven youths in Sutton Coldfield last week had their
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unauthorised dip in the local school swimming pool interrupted by the appearance of the West Midlands traffic police helicopter hovering overhead. The aircraft was called in after reports that somebody was trying to break in to the school through the roof. A spokesman for the police said: "This is not the first time we have had problems with people breaking in to use the pool."
• Mervyn Otton, a driver with Cartransport, has been praised for his bravery after risking his life in a fire to save his load of nine Toyota vans.
When the rear van on his transporter was set alight by the heat from a double puncture on his trailer, he stopped, lowered the ramps and reversed the blazing vehicle away from the rest of his cargo.
• Next year marks the Silver Jubilee of the Queen's Awards for Exports and Technology. Closing date will be 31 October, and the Awards will be announced on the Queen's Birthday (17 June). • A press release arrived this week from those express parcels wallahs, Federal Express, accompanied by a rather nice model truck. But all was not what it seemed! The model had a cab remarkably like a Volvo Globetrotter; on the grille was the legendary "Big A" logo, and above it the Seddon Atkinson name.
Could this mean the next "mega merger" is between the truck builders of Gothenburg and Oldham? Goodbye smorgasbord; hello black pudding. Remember — you read it here first. • The Hawk has always believed the Victorian saying th children should be seen and r heard. Children should be kel under close control because they can prove most disruptive, like this bunch of terror: from the Bournemouth area, caught by the camera comma deering a double-decker. Gec Capes eat your heart out.