Elizabeth Fish

A child from Hemswell Cliff that created the Police Interceptors board game has been given a chance to meet two of his idols at Lincolnshire Police.

Jayden Prestwood (7) met PC Jon Peacock and PC Rich Precious, who he added to the game and both feature heavily in the show.

He created the board game concept himself, and hand drew the 50 squares players must work through in order to win the game. He decorated the board with police pictures.

The programme makers Raw Cut TV were so impressed they invited Jayde and the officers down to London for the day.

PC Jon Peacock and PC Rich Precious joined Jayden on his trip around London to acknowledge his hard work.

Jayden said: “I had a fab time in London. I really enjoyed looking around the studio.

“My favourite bit was watching some footage before it had been edited, that means I have seen it before anyone else! Vicky took us to Buckingham Palace which is where the Queen lives, how cool is that?!

“I went out for dinner with Mum, Dad, Jon, Rich, Vicky and John, we went to The Rainforest Café. It was amazing. I also had my photo taken with Jon & Rich in a little park.

“I had a great day in London and I didn’t want to go home. Thank you Raw Cut T.V, Jon and Rich.”

PC Peacock said: “We were so impressed by the time and enthusiasm that Jayden had put into the game that we wanted to bring it to the attention of the programme makers.

“We were delighted to be able to play the game with him on his birthday, and also to join him in London on his special day.”

Victoria Hepburn, who works for Raw Cut TV, added: “We thought the ‘Police Interceptors’ game was a lovely idea, and showed great initiative and creativity.

Because of the time Jayden invested in developing and making it, Rawcut wanted to acknowledge his efforts and were pleased to invite him and his family down to London for a special day out.

“We took them around London and finally to the Rainforest Cafe with Rich and Jon. It was a lovely day.”

Lincoln MP Karl McCartney met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer this week to put forward the case of dualling the £96m Lincoln Eastern Bypass.

The meeting with Rt Hon George Osborne MP comes before the announcement of the Autumn Statement on December 3, where McCartney hopes to press the need for a dual carriageway on the Eastern Bypass.

The government agreed funding support of £50 million towards the project, with the County Council contributing £14 million, and acting as ‘guarantor’ to underwrite the £33 million third party funded element to help reduce delays.

The initial plans proposed a £112 million dual-carriageway relief road, but this shifted to a single-carriageway due to spending cuts in 2011.

Work on the project is set to start in 2015.

Karl McCartney MP said: “I was delighted with the Chancellor’s response to the arguments I put to him in favour of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass, and indeed the additional argument that investing more in dualling the new road now would be an infrastructure investment well worth making as our city expands and goes from strength to strength economically.

“I told the Chancellor Mr Osborne that virtually everyone in our city and county believes that the Eastern Bypass should be dualled now, rather than in stages potentially over the next 50 years, with the cost differential being well worth the investment now rather than later.

“No one wants the LEP or others having to scrabble around for local funding to dual bits of Bypass as Lincolnshire County Council have been doing (to their credit) with regard to our Western Bypass since it was built 20 years ago.

“The Chancellor listened very carefully and was left in no doubt that, particularly given the delay we are now experiencing, the Eastern Bypass needs to be built in any form.

“I also let him and his colleagues know that any approval for dualling the Lincoln Eastern Bypass will be hugely welcomed. I shall, of course, continue to press our case in this regard to my colleagues in our Conservative-led Government from the Chancellor of the Exchequer down.”