Chris Peck

A debate took place on Channel 4 News at Noon today about cycle helmets after accident and emergency doctors demanded that the government make it illegal for under-16s to cycle without a helmet.

The Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine voted this morning for a change in the law to help reduce the number of children who suffer serious brain injuries.

Broke, stressed, depressed? The answer is simple, says the CTC, get on your bike!

Not only will you save hundreds of pounds a year on petrol costs but you’ll be fitter and more productive at work, boosting the beleaguered economy and reducing the burden on the NHS.

This may all sound obvious to those already enlightened to the benefits of doing things the two-wheeled way, but now the CTC has put figures on it.