Two Thames Valley police roadshows are to be held from 1000 GMT to 2000 GMT at the Holiday Inn, Caversham Bridge, Reading, on 19 February and the Holiday Inn, Handycross, High Wycombe, on 4 March.

BBC: Michael Fuller, Kent Police chief constable

Brian Gutteridge, 67, from Caversham suffered fatal injuries at J Mould at Burghfield Bridge, near Reading, on 9 November, 2010.

BBC: Reading haulier firm fined over tipper truck death

On a slightly lesser comedic level, the 50, 000-volume literary center has also recently installed lyrical works in Little Rock and New Orleans and hosted such notables as Anne Carson and Thomax Lux, shown above, reading poetry on the Brooklyn Bridge.

FORBES: A Poetry Bonanza in Lower Manhattan

The Humber Bridge Bill was agreed at second reading in the Commons.

BBC: Humber Bridge board bill has second Commons reading

And since Mr Chope seems to have taken a dislike to some parts of the Humber Bridge Bill, which is due to have its second reading in this slot, its promoters had better watch out - and be prepared to answer his concerns.

BBC: Week ahead

"If the sensor gives off a reading that's "really crazy, then you could go out to the bridge that day and take a look.

CNN: Is this the 'safest bridge in America?'