Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Icecream Traders have been warned that if they park up outside schools in insolence their vans will be impounded. The vans are also not permitted to stop in town centres because they "cause congestion." Hillingdon Council in west London said they were forced to act because there is "a need to encourage healthier eating habits in children."
But the new policy were criticized as trivial by ice cream sellers who said head teachers used to welcome them with open arms. Pete Bhogal, aged 45 years, who has worked as an ice cream man for the last 26 years said the new rules were pointless. "Ice cream is a dessert, it's not unhealthy. An ice lolly is only unhealthy if you have three or four in one go," he said.
But the new policy were criticized as trivial by ice cream sellers who said head teachers used to welcome them with open arms. Pete Bhogal, aged 45 years, who has worked as an ice cream man for the last 26 years said the new rules were pointless. "Ice cream is a dessert, it's not unhealthy. An ice lolly is only unhealthy if you have three or four in one go," he said.
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Josie said…
Hi,
I'm a Journalism student at Kingston University doing an assignment related to this story... I was wondering if there's any way I could get in touch with Mr Bhogal?
Thank you
Lauren Miliotis
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