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Megan Huws

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Megan is a freelance journalist. She has an MA in News Journalism from Cardiff University, where she completed her dissertation about cycling to work by bike.
B1253 towards Rudston

“Reckless” van driver passed cyclist dangerously close as passenger “whipped” rider with phone cable

Laughter was caught on video of the “highly dangerous” act, which pair thought was “entertaining”

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Israel-Premier Tech ride past Palestine flags, stage 11, 2025 Vuelta

“If we start excluding one team, next year it will be another, on another issue”: UCI president defends Israel-Premier Tech as team faces pressure from sponsors to change name

UCI president David Lappartient insists “sport is not a tool for punishment” and Israeli athletes and teams are "welcome" at races
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UAE Team Emirates at the 2024 Tour de France

WADA to ban carbon monoxide rebreathers as a performance aid from 2026

The practice, which can be used to stimulate the production of more oxygen-carrying red blood cells, can still be used as a diagnostic method to measure blood volume

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Newmarket Road fatal collision sign, Norwich (credit: Peter Silburn)

Cycling fatalities fall by 6% to lowest ever recorded level, new government figures reveal

The Department for Transport’s latest road casualty statistics reveal that 82 cyclists were killed in Great Britain, with rural roads and commuter hours posing the biggest risks

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2025 Giant Defy Advanced SL 1 – riding 3.jpg

Trump administration blocks imports of Giant bikes over forced labour allegations

US Customs moves to block imports of the bicycles manufactured in Taiwan, after investigation alleges evidence of abusive working and living conditions, debt bondage, withholding of wages, and excessive overtime

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Junction of B656 and A507

Cyclist who lost her leg after being run over by lorry driver “trying to save a couple of minutes” calls for HGVs to be banned from “unsuitable” road – before “something worse happens”

The former triathlete lost her leg in the same place where runner Peter Day was killed by a lorry driver after in 2018, which “was designed back in the days of horse and carriage”
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Shepherds Hill Roundabout

Residents call for road safety action after cyclist dies in collision on “accident hotspot” roundabout that has seen over 70 crashes in past 25 years

The notorious Shepherds Hill Roundabout, surrounded by just 16 houses, a BP Fuel Station, an M&S Food Hall, beauty businesses, a gym, a bakery and a pub, has led residents to call for council action
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Israel-Premier Tech ride past Palestine flags, stage 11, 2025 Vuelta

“They asked us to get rid of the word Israel”: Israel-Premier Tech drop ‘Israel’ from official signage and kit at Canadian WorldTour races as “security measure to detract attention” after protest chaos at Vuelta

The squad will instead use the abbreviated ‘IPT’ on race signage at the events in Québec City and Montréal, as they prepare for more pro-Palestine protests. However, the team insist they have not changed their name for the races
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Pithouse Lane, West Leake

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
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Geraint Thomas at Tour of Britain finish line 2025

“What a way to finish”: Geraint Thomas closes out stellar cycling career with emotional swansong in home city during final Tour of Britain stage

The 2018 Tour de France winner completed his final professional race before retirement by crossing the Tour of Britain finish line a mile from the velodrome he first started cycling in
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