SUNCREAM SAVES BRICKIE ASS-ETS.Byline: KIZZY TAYLORBUILDERS are being told to protect their infamous bums by using sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. lotion lotion /lo·tion/ (lo´shun) a liquid suspension, solution, or emulsion for external application to the body. lo·tion n. 1. to guard against skin cancer. Bosses of builders Lovell distributed huge bottles of cream to sites throughout Scotland after statistics showed the killer condition has trebled to 7,000 over the last 20 years. A Lovell spokeswoman said: "We do take health and safety seriously and want to make sure that our staff do not become another skin cancer statistic. "Anyone who comes on to a Lovell site will have access to good quality sunscreen. "Workers are out in the sun day in and day out Adv. 1. day in and day out - without respite; "he plays chess day in and day out" all the time and are therefore at the highest risk of developing the disease." Dispensers of high quality Factor 25 will be placed around sites. Site Manager Bobby Caldwell, in charge of a development in Clydebank, said: "It is a great idea and I'm sure it will catch on around the country." CAPTION(S): GOING THROUGH THE LOTIONS: Site boss Bobby Caldwell is leading by example; A SITE FOR SORE EYES: Some brickies find the cream idea strange |
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