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Jake Gilmore ghost bike removed ahead of council deadline

Bike will reappear to mark cyclist’s birthday and the anniversary of his death

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Drivers warned not to ‘bully’ cyclists as Manchester close-pass operation gets underway

Seven drivers stopped for using their phones in an hour – including one person driving a school bus

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E-W cycle superhighway extension won’t be built until 2021

Further delays to protected cycle route in bike infrastructure-impoverished West London

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Chinese bike-sharing firm Ofo trying to prevent under-age riders after 11-year-old’s death

Firm’s bikes will soon be available for hire in Cambridge

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Research paper concludes that networking Seville’s cycle lanes helped improved cycle safety

Spanish city implemented bulk of its cycle network in just two years

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London cycle courier says he was punished for refusing delivery after eight hours in the cold

Courier aiming to get employed worker’s rights

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Cyclists hit back at ‘propaganda’ after children in face masks are used to protest London Cycle Superhighway 11

Regents Park Cyclists say stunt was ‘distasteful’ and ‘illogical’

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Edinburgh to trial bike hire scheme

Funding is in addition to the 10 per cent of 2017/18 transport budget currently allocated to cycling

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Unwanted £750,000 Colchester bike path is being (temporarily) dug up

Shared use path is subject of a formal complaint by the local cycling campaign

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Glasgow cycle infrastructure ‘risks exacerbating health inequalities’ between rich and poor

Recommends more focus on areas of higher deprivation

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Use Strava to track speeding cyclists, says Aussie politician

Later describes suggestion as “a brain fart”

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Stranger punches London cyclist in ribs in unprovoked attack

Victim says she is tired of being abused for being a cyclist

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Ban cars on roads near schools says mayor of London

Sadiq Khan criticises the government for ignoring "unarguable evidence" and says we should be protecting our children from air pollution

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Video: Passing bus brushes Nottingham cyclist’s elbow

Bus company says driver didn’t deviate from his lane

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Video: Royal Parks bike cop in confrontation with cyclist

No cycling while measures to slow cyclists are installed

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Royal Parks reveals plans to put speed bumps on cycle route in Hyde Park

Campaigners say that proposals “are not proportionate to the risks”

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Air pollution worse for drivers than cyclists on same Bath road

Car’s air intakes are generally at the level of the exhaust pipe of the car in front

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Which hugely popular small car is more polluting than a fully laden lorry?

TfL's testing reveals shocking state of cars sold in Britain

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Cycle award winning boss of waste management firm questions feasibility of mayor’s HGV rating system

Says Direct Vision Standard proposals are ‘too ambitious’

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London van driver who knocked cyclist off bike wasn’t prosecuted despite helmet cam footage

Cycling UK says Met applied their own "nobody died" interpretation of the law

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Fellow peer tells Tebbit “on your bike” as Tory ex-minister rants about cyclists

Former chairman of the Conservative party says “barricades” protecting cyclists are causing pollution

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Video of cyclist’s revenge on sexist London van man goes viral

Did she go too far? Is it even real? The internet discusses, have your say too

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Deliveroo given union ultimatum over pay after ‘rider influx’

Gig economy: Deliveroo faces union ultimatum – pay riders more and freeze recruitment or face mass action

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Consultation underway on Birmingham segregated cycle route

Construction to begin later in the year

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Sadiq Khan to introduce £10 toxicity charge for London’s most polluting vehicles

Online compliance checker informs people whether they will be obliged to pay

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London’s new walking and cycling commissioner says city is safe for cyclists despite recent deaths

Commits to expanding cycle superhighway network but emphasises much of his work will centre on pedestrians

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Surgeon who tried to save Esther Hartsilver calls for roads to be improved for cyclists as inquest hears that TfL had twice rejected improvement plans for the spot where she was killed

Truck driver involved says road layout was “an accident waiting to happen”

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Cyclist hit by Southampton footballer issued with fixed penalty notice for riding through lights on amber

Charlie Austin admitted driving without due care and attention

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Man whose father created cult character Frank Sidebottom killed as motorist hits two cyclists

Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

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Mr Loophole and ‘Britain’s most hated cyclist’ – Dave Sherry call for crackdown on delivery cyclists who break the law

Say time has come for government to introduce legislation “which will regulate cycling and these types of businesses”

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