The Boat safety Scheme have issued a reminder on gas safety.
‘Let there be no repeat, boaters must respect their gas appliances’; says the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).
Gas Safety Week 2014 will be 15-21 September and we should remember last winter’s twin fatalities from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning on a small commercial fishing boat in Whitby harbour.
The BSS has made an announcement supporting Beko, in its on-going campaign to find and fix dangerous older models of Beko, Flavel and Leisure gas cookers that can produce potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide, if used incorrectly with the grill door closed. Beko and BSS are asking everybody for help to try and find the remaining cookers.
Further information is here
Read more: Safety alert on Beko, Flavel and Leisure gas cookers
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Chairman Mike Rodd considers a mixed bag before venturing off onto the ‘loveliest canal in the country’.
The Cunard liner MS Queen Victoria is in Liverpool tonight, Friday 30th May, to celebrate the maiden voyage of the earlier Cunard liner the RMS Aquitania, 31st May 1914. The picture shows her lying alonside the ferry terminal with the Mersey Ferry in the fore.
She sails for Ireland and Southampton tomorrow afternoon.
More here:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ms-queen-victoria-cunard-cruise-7196169
In May 2015, all three Cunard 'Queens' will visit Liverpool at the same time.
Your Roving Reporter