Government

Welcome To Yorkshire set to come under closer scrutiny in wake of Sir Gary Verity’s departure as investigations launched into allegations over expenses and bullying

Man who brought Tour de France and World Championships to region left last month due to expenses scandal

Video: Cyclist criticises council for not fixing huge crack in road which caused him to crash (video contains swearing and an enormous marked crack in the road)

Night time crash threw Nigel Carver in to path of oncoming traffic, broke his arm and wrote off his bike

Dame Sarah Storey named Sheffield City Region’s frst Active Travel Commissioner

14-time Paralympic champion's new role will see her lead the active travel agenda for the region

Lord Robert Winston says a woman kicked him when he told her not to cycle on the pavement

Labour peer says he’s considering introducing a private members' bill to force cyclists to have licence plates

UK to adopt EU rules that will make new vehicles safer for cyclists from 2022

Direct vision lorries and buses and advanced emergency braking are among features to be made mandatory

“Looks like shit. But saves my life” – German government’s helmet advert sparks sexism row

Ad shows model dressed in just helmet and bra

Lord Winston calls for urban cyclists to be licensed and insured

Labour peer has previously claimed that cycling infrastructure causes congestion and air pollution

Parliamentary committee issues call for evidence as it launches road safety inquiry

Transport Select Committee issues call for evidence after five years in which there was no reduction in number of deaths on Britain's roads

London’s lethal Holborn gyratory to get £12.6 million makeover for safer cycling as TfL unveils 11 new projects across the capital

Projects in Brixton, the City and Croydon also among those announced today under Liveable Neighbourhoods programme

Bath parents launch petition for safe cycle routes to school

Petition also calls for staggered start times to ease bus overcrowding and highlights ticket price problems

Summer heatwave saw record numbers of cyclists in London – but casualties rose too

Deaths and serious injuries up 83 percent from July to September according to preliminary figures

Conservative MSP argues that a bike could do more damage than a car in a collision

“Being hit by an HGV is the one you really don’t want to get hit by because you’ll be dead,” replies transport expert

Court of Appeal upholds Westminster’s legal block to Cycle Superhighway 11 – campaigners brand council’s action “shameful”

Sadiq Khan says blame for "disappointing decision" must be pinned on council

Government repeats pledge to jail killer drivers for life

Plans for tougher sentencing were outlined in 2017 but have not yet led to legislation

Evening Standard’s George Osborne comes out against Embankment Cycle Superhighway as newspaper appears to nail its colours to the mast early for next year’s London mayoral election

Former Chancellor joins fellow Tories in blaming infrastructure for pollution and congestion and calling for re-routing of CS3

Transforming Cities report from Sustrans calls for massive boost to funding for cycling in bid to prevent thousands of serious illnesses in major UK cities

Charity warns that annual spend oer head in England excluding London is set to drop to 37p - compared to £16 in Scotland

Canterbury City Council to clamp down on “reckless” food delivery riders

Council considering controversial Public Space Protection Order to further restrict cycling in city centre

“The biggest race I’ve ever had” – Chris Boardman on making a success of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network

Champion cyclist turned campaigner believes northern metropolis can provide example for other cities to follow

Italian city to pay people to commute by bike

Bari, capital of southern Italy's Puglia region, hopes to double number of cyclists

Britain’s pothole problem worsening with more than half a million reported in 2017

Figures obtained by RAC show a 44 per cent jump over two years ago

Sadiq Khan launches Action Plan to double levels of cycling in London

New design standards and infrastructure database, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways to be renamed under single unified brand

Tory candidate for London mayor ridiculed over Cycle Superhighway 3 comments

Shaun Bailey claimed that cycle route along Embankment left riders "pinned up against the river"

Cambridge leads for percentage of population cycling – but Hackney gets more people on bikes

Findings of Cycle Republic's analysis of official stats are unsurprising given difference in population - but still illuminating

Cabbies cause gridlock by blocking London Bridge for fourth night running in protest at TfL pro-cycling, bus and pedestrian plans – but cyclists breeze through

meanwhile, Will Norman insists East-West Cycle Superhighway here to stay despite black cab trade-backed campaign against it

Work finally starts to make London’s Old Street roundabout safer for cyclists and pedestrians

Project now due to be completed in 2020 - two years later than originally envisaged

Where is the promised review of road traffic offences?

Government recognises that dangerous drivers are ‘driving a weapon’ but still hasn’t reviewed penalties despite failings

Cheaper insurance for drivers who get cycle training, crackdown on parking in cycle lanes, and a new walking and cycling “champion”

Government announces raft of plans in response to its cycle safety review

“Grinch” Guernsey politician wants fuel duty frozen – and cyclists taxed

“I wasn’t talking about £10 or £20, I was talking about one or two hundred," says Peter Ferbrache

£12,000 digital signs warn Bournemouth promenade cyclists to cut their speed

Cycling UK says money would be better spent targeting "troublemakers," not "vilifying all cyclists"

Sustrans review highlights serious flaws in National Cycle Network (+ video)

Lack of accessibility and too many on-road routes among issues flagged up as charity announces major action plan