Lollipop Ladies and Lollipop Men, known in the US as crossing guards, help kids cross busy roads on their way to and from school (yup, kids in the UK still walk to school). Even […] Skip to main ...

Lollipop people (now known as Crossing Guards) have been helping school children cross the road safely since the 1930s. But in the last four years, 70 per cent of UK councils have reduced the ...

An American woman has gone viral after sharing her reaction to discovering what Brits call crossing guards - and people from the UK are just as shocked.

On a busy junction near Wimbledon Common, school crossing guard Alfred Robinson, 76, sees pedestrians safely across the road. It's 50 years since lollipop men and women started their stalwart service.

As children are back to the classroom after the summer break, there are currently about 20,000 lollipop people – or school crossing patrols, as they are formally known – in the UK.

Anglesey Council confirms lollipop patrols in Anglesey are being axed "They are not a mandatory provision. "As part of investigating the impact of ending the remaining School Crossing Patrols on ...

SHORT-term savings from axing paid school crossing guards could cost lives in the long run, fear mums. Dorset County Council plans to transfer responsibility to volunteers. Blind mum-of-three ...

Come rain or shine, Audrey Gary, 72, of Heather Row, Nately Scures, has safely guided children to Hook infant and junior schools, in Church View, for 25 years.

Croydon Council says 'safety is priority' amid 'penny-pinching' plans to cut lollipop school crossing guards The road safety cuts will affect six schools across the borough getwestlondon ...

CONFUSION reigns over the future of lollipop crossing patrols at Dorset schools. Two senior councillors have made conflicting statements over the future of the service, which could end next March ...