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Male train drivers in Sweden have come up with a [book / novel] way of staying cool in the summer [hot / heat] after their company [banned / binned] the wearing of shorts. The men are [instead / rather] wearing skirts to work as they do not appear [on / at] the list of banned clothing that forms the [uniform / uniformly] code for rail staff. The drivers' employers, the transportation company Arriva, [distilled / instilled] the ban on shorts after it took [under / over] operations in January. Drivers had previously worn them for years when conditions got [hot / heat] in the summer. The mercury in the drivers' cabin can reach 35 degrees, which is ten degrees above what the World Health Organisation [deems / seems] to be a comfortable working environment.

Arriva's communications manager Tomas Hedenius told a [locally / local] newspaper that the company did not [mend / mind] men wearing skirts. He said: "Our thinking is [this / that] one should look [decent / descent] and proper when representing Arriva and the [currant / present] uniforms do that. If the man wants to wear a skirt, then that is OK." He added: "To tell them to do something else would [be / do] discrimination." Driver Martin Akersten said his passengers didn't [seem / seam] to have any problems with his uniform. He said: “Of course people [stare / staring] at you a little when you are on the platform, but you just have to put [out / up] with it….So far no-one has said anything." He added: "I don't mind as it's more about comfort." Arriva is [get / set] to discuss its dress code again later this year.