Fingers Crossed.

Here's hoping he pulls through.

"THE LOLLIPOP man who sustained serious head injuries in an accident in Dalgety Bay on Friday was “critical” in hospital at the weekend, police said. The 55-year-old, who has not been named, was guarding a crossing on Regents Way in the town at about 9am when he was involved in a collision with a car. He had just escorted a group of children on their way to Dalgety Bay Primary School across the busy road when the accident happened."

The Lollipop Rebellion.

"WEST FIFE could face a shortage of school crossing patrol officers, who say they might leave because of dissatisfaction with Fife Council’s ‘single status’ agreement. Crossing patrol officers were sent a letter in June by the council informing them of changes to pay and terms of employment under the agreement, details of which were explained at a meeting in August ... However, patrol officers claim the details were “not explained very well” – and were dismayed to discover that they would not be paid retainer fees or for school holidays."

Carnegie would like an answer to a question: why are so many of Fife's crossing patrollers positioned at pedestrian crossings? Surely given that each of them costs local council taxpayers several thousand pounds a year, either they could be relocated to places where there are no push button crossings or we could just save the money and employ a few more teachers.

Just a thought.