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Highway Code changes: Daily Mail publishes “error-strewn” Richard Littlejohn column attacking cyclists

National newspapers publish provocative opinion pieces, one titled: 'Bike lane Britain...the Great Leap Backwards' another, 'Pedal-pushers have taken over British roads'

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Expect carnage and more danger…Mr Loophole rants about Highway Code changes to talkRadio’s Mike Graham

Nick Freeman, the lawyer notorious for obtaining not guilty verdicts for celebrities charged with motoring offences, slammed the changes as "ill-conceived"

Chris Boardman heads newly-launched government body Active Travel England

“It’s time for a quiet revolution,” says champion cyclist turned campaigner who will lead body tasked with implementing goverment‘s Gear Change strategy

Conservationists blame “anti-social” cyclists for New Forest damage

The New Forest Association (NFA) says it has recorded 550 instances of cyclists riding off designated tracks

Controversial See their Side ad campaign officially scrapped by Transport for London

London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman also confirmed that he was not involved in the consultation process for the £1 million campaign and that he “wasn’t a fan” of the ad

Shock as video of World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton posted to porn website

“What do they get from it?” asks co-organiser of annual protest ride as 5-minute clip posted on xHamster

“Bowing to the minority”: TfL official wanted to revive suspended £1 million See their Side ad campaign by digitally altering it

FOI request reveals TfL official suggested altering "geography" to make it look like cyclist had not been close passed, while agency executive said they were "gutted" at ad's suspension

Cambridge’s Chisholm Trail opens – a triumph of persistent campaigning

Jim Chisholm conceived the cross-city cycling route 23 years ago – and cut the ribbon this week to inaugurate it

Lack of safe routes a barrier to cycling, say six in 10 survey respondents

“A network of dedicated cycling lanes, separated from traffic, is the biggest priority” to get more people riding bikes says Cycling Scotland

Council urged to remove “shameful” barriers blocking disabled cyclists

"If you somehow don't fit their model of a fit, healthy 40-year-old man, you can't use their infrastructure"

Adam Tranter appointed first West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner

Cycling PR pro and campaigner will push forward plans for active travel in England’s largest city-region outside London

Rural A roads are where cyclists are most likely to be killed, road.cc analysis reveals

Insurer NFU Mutual has launched a rural road safety campaign – but it is on busier countryside roads where bike riders face greatest danger

Reaction as Transport for London pauses See their Side ad campaign following backlash

Highly criticised road safety campaign put on hold “to consider the feedback that has been received”

Cambridge cyclists issue impassioned ‘Please stop killing us’ plea

Greater Cambridge Partnership receive stark feedback after public consultation into £20 million funding plan

Transport for London slammed for “victim-blaming” road safety ad (+ video)

Spot which suggests drivers and cyclists share equal responsibility described as “crass, old fashioned ‘false equivalence’ nonsense.”

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London’s bicycle economy could hit £5 billion a year by 2030 and create 25,000 new jobs, says new report

Bicycle Association says it’s already worth £1.3-£1.4bn annually and supports 8,000 jobs

COP26 finally recognises role cycling and walking can play in fighting global warming

“Active travel” added to climate change summit’s electric vehicle declaration at 11th hour

RideLondon: Essex urged to focus on road safety ahead of revamped sportive

Predicted increase in Essex cycling could be a positive legacy for county as it prepares to host the UK's biggest sportive, but cyclists say safety work needed

Pedal on COP – 1,000 cyclists ride to Glasgow to highlight how bikes can help save the planet

Riders from across Scotland joined huge Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march

Security guards refuse to open barrier for cyclist on permitted route near COP26 site

GoBike convenor Thomas Cornwallis was instead told to use footway – but no ramp over the kerb means it isn’t accessible to everyone

Cyclists converge on Glasgow as COP26 conference begins

Riders from UK and beyond head to Scotland ahead of crucial climate change talks – and you can take part in Pedal on COP day of action next Saturday, wherever you are

London cycling instructors protest over slashed training budget

Cuts to pay and poor working conditions were also highlighted in ride from Trafalgar Square to City Hall

7,500 sign petition urging Sadiq Khan to make London’s junctions safer for cyclists

“It is now time for action not excuses,” says Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, who will deliver petition to the mayor at City Hall

Driver kills cyclist after running him over three times

Incident described by police spokesman as “an accident” happened in Utah last month

Parkrun accused of ‘normalising violent driving’ by asking if participants could keep up with car ‘going at 93mph’

UPDATE: The group posted a controversial advert, that has been deleted since this article was first published, which highlighted their partnership with car manufacturer Mini

Dutch neurologists and surgeons call on people to wear helmets while cycling

“Our message is: Use your head, put on a helmet!” says campaign group Doctors for Safe Cycling

School pledges that all children will be cycling by year six

“Honestly, what this school has done for my kids is nothing short of a miracle"...

NHS doctors call for more active travel measures to help ‘society’s most deprived’

"Many of our patients do not have the financial means, health status, or abilities to access private car transport"...

Protesters demand urgent action on dangerous London junctions

Hundreds gathered near Holborn to demand action

“Refugees Welcome” – two cyclists are creating the world’s biggest piece of GPS art in charity ride across southern England

Georgie Cottle and David Charles are spelling out their message on 2,400km ride

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