Newsbrief: Safety first for children

Free safety tests on pushchairs will be carried out by Southwark trading standards officers at Surrey Quays shopping centre today to coincide with National Child Safety Week.

Officers will check brakes, harnesses, wheels and stability. There will also be a display about dangerous toys and how to make them safe.

In the City of London, a Child Safety Roadshow will inform parents of safety issues and how to prevent accidents. The caravan will be at Liverpool Street station today from 11am to 3pm and in Moorfields, opposite Moorgate Tube station, tomorrow at the same time.