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Mayor who knocked cyclist off bike after “four or five pints of Stella” resigns

Local politician was banned from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay £3,000 at court in November

Sat, Jan 10, 2026 09:16

Cyclists in Islington with Nigel Farage and a pint

Nigel Farage claims plan to lower drink drive limit “designed by the Islington cycling classes” – as Reform UK leader says: “We’re now incredibly safe on our roads”

Labour’s plans to consult on lowering the drink drive limit in England and Wales were branded “absolutely ridiculous and wholly unnecessary” by Farage, who said the current laws have worked “pretty effectively”

Thu, Jan 08, 2026 12:51

“One or two glasses from a coma”: Tour de France stage winner given suspended sentence for drink-driving five times over the limit

Fernando Gaviria pled guilty to the charges and admitted he had "work stress and family problems"

Wed, Nov 26, 2025 17:24

Drunk mayor knocked cyclist off bike after “four or five pints of Stella” at party

Court heard cyclist had lights, hi-vis clothing and reflectors, but was knocked off his bike by a local mayor, more than two times over the drink drive limit, who has now been banned from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay £3,000

Tue, Nov 25, 2025 11:13

3D-printed prosthetic for cyclist injured by drink driver

Cyclist gets new 3D printed face after drunk driver left him with severe facial burns

The cyclist was trapped under car and the side of his face, including his eye, nose and part of his neck, was burned by the exhaust

Mon, Nov 03, 2025 16:26

Driver who drank two pints before swerving across road and crashing head-on into cyclist, leaving him with a broken back, avoids jail

James Barber was driving home from work drinks in his BMW when he hit a father of two who was cycling home from work. Barber was handed a three-year driving ban and a 22-month suspended jail sentence

Fri, Sep 12, 2025 10:53

“I thought I’d hit a bird”: Drink driver who killed cyclist while using two mobile phones in hit-and-run crash jailed for 11 years

Van driver Robert Heyes was wanted on a warrant without bail for a previous drink-driving offence when he struck and killed cyclist Keith Brady while drinking vodka at the wheel, and continued to use his phone for 33 seconds after the fatal collision

Thu, May 08, 2025 12:56

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Motorist avoids jail after crashing into cyclist while six times over drink drive limit and drinking vodka from 7Up bottle

The environmental scientist who had previously offered €2,500 to the cyclist as a “token of remorse” was banned from driving for five years

Wed, Apr 02, 2025 13:18

Suspected drink and drugs driver who killed cyclist told police “there was nothing dangerous” about his driving at time of fatal crash

The motorist, who was found to have traces of cocaine and cannabis in his system, said: “I heard a bang but I did not see anything. I did not think I hit a cyclist”

Wed, Aug 09, 2023 11:03

Jailed drink-driving paramedic who killed cyclist after 10 pints avoids being struck off

Robert Woodruff was off-duty, drunk and looking at his phone when he veered onto the wrong side of the road and killed father-of-five Richard Goodwin, a tribunal allowing him to keep his medical licence despite his five-year jail sentence

Wed, Jun 21, 2023 16:31