Kids, stay off the skitching

Noel Edmonds: What is Cake? Well, it has an active ingredient which is a dangerous psychoactive compound known as dimesmeric andersonphosphate. It stimulates the part of the brain called Shatner's Bassoon. And that's the bit of the brain that deals with time perception. So, a second feels like a month. Well, it almost sounds like fun...unless you're the Prague schoolboy who walked out into the street straight in front of a tram. He thought he'd got a month to cross the street. 
- Brass Eye 

The issue of 'skitching' has been raised on Telegraph Hill ward and the Safer Neighbourhoods Team will be holding two events on: 

- Wednesday 25th July at Telegraph Hill Lower Park - A fun day for skateboarders from
- Wednesday 25th July at Queens Road, Somerville Adventure Playground from 12-5pm - free security bike marking for BMXers

These events will promote safe and responsible riding, in and around the parks to reduce issues of anti social behaviour and complaints from the local residents.