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^^^^Wouldn't read too much into PA downplaying it.
They probably sensibly thought it's not that big a deal.
However it appearing on R4 has put it on today's news "agenda".
I'm sure it will feature on a few programmes today.
Boris has just said this (again from PA):
London Mayor Boris Johnson said there were no plans to require cyclists to wear helmets or to provide them for the capital's fleet of "Boris bikes".
The Mayor was wearing a helmet as he cycled into Whitehall for this morning's ministerial Olympics meeting at the Cabinet Office.
Asked if other cyclists should be made to wear protective headwear, Mr Johnson said: "I think they should do if they want to."
Asked whether he would be providing helmets for Boris bike users, he said: "No. It's quite right to say that people should do if they have got one, but we have absolutely no plans to make it mandatory.
"The evidence is mixed. I have to say that in countries where they have made them compulsory, it hasn't always necessarily been good for cycling."