Crime & Legal

Tandem stolen from Leeds man who rides it with blind fiancee found thanks to online appeal

Jack Makepeace's boss asked fellow members of albaRosa cycling club to keep an eye out

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Around 1,750 potentially lethal Kinesis forks unaccounted for, inquest told

Product recall has only recovered one in ten units of fork involved in fatal crash

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Video: York man, 94, reunited with stolen bike he built himself after World War II

Bernard Kirby's bike was found abandoned following appeal on social media after break-in at his home

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Bait bikes help Dutch police snare almost 1,000 bike thieves in 2015

GPS tracking helps lead police to thieves - many of whom are repeat offenders

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Eddy Merckx could face jail over bribing police allegations

Prosecutors claim Cannibal gave police chief and wife high-end bikes to secure contract

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Thieves steal bike from York man, 94, who bought it 56 years ago

Appeal for return of 1960s Raleigh bike stolen during break-in on Nunthorpe Road.

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Cycling gets worse in Australia’s “worst cycling state” New South Wales as newly raised fines surge

After raising the cost of cycling fines in New South Wales, police issue 56% more penalties making things worse for cyclists

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Video: Driver cuts up cyclist – then threatens him with baseball bat

Motorist backs down once he realises he is being filmed (WARNING - Lots of swearing)

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Gang of men break cyclist’s cheekbone in attack for bike

Attempt to steal bike in Slough turns into vicious traumatising attack

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Paul Kimmage loses libel case to ex-UCI boss Hein Verbruggen

Court orders Irish journalist to pay 12,000 Swiss Francs damages and not to repeat allegations

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£17,000 damages for cyclist from insurers of driver who faked photos of crash scene

Liability was initially denied as van driver staged pics to try and wriggle out of claim

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Special forces unit among 23,000 police mobilised for Tour de France

Personnel from GIGN - France's SAS - to be present on all stages for first time due to terrorism threat

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Mario Cipollini fined €165 for ignoring red traffic light

Police have stepped up roadside patrols after 8-year-old was knocked over earlier this month

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Judge tells “timewaster” Lance Armstrong to disclose information to government

Disgraced cyclist has week to respond to questions - or may not be able to rely on evidence in his defence

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Another motorway cyclist stopped by police

A man was stopped by police after he was spotted cycling on the M27 yesterday morning

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Vicious robber throws cyclist down six metre drop for his bike

Police seeking assailer in nasty Forest of Dean incident

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Ex-Brookside actor was peeling fruit behind wheel of bus when he ran over cyclist

Ashley McKechnie will be thrown out of the Navy following his conviction

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77 year old driver rains punches on cyclist who went wrong way round bollard

Fines and licence suspension for road rage pensioner

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Police threaten to fine cyclist – as he rides on shared-use path

Campaigners say police need better awareness of where people are allowed to ride

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Big theft at Leicestershire bike shop

High value Giant bikes taken

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Police in Norwich take to Twitter to track down injured cyclist

Officers were concerned for man’s welfare following collision in Norwich yesterday

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Killer of Don Lock, popular member of Sussex cycling club, guilty of manslaughter

Family of Matthew Daley say health professsionals failed to treat his mental health problems

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Motorcyclist who killed cyclist after high speed wheelie jailed

David Staley was seen pulling wheelies on his motorbike shortly before hitting Sally Shalloe as she crossed Middleton Boulevard in Nottingham

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Gang attack Newcastle cyclist and steal his bike

Police seek gang in Byker who assaulted cyclist - men took bike and fled after vicious midnight attack

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Southampton cyclist killed in lorry collision

Police appeal for witnesses to fatal incident on Tuesday afternoon

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Met Police arrest three in Brick Lane stolen bike crackdown

Tower Hamlets Police made the arrests as part of a new operation tackling bike thieves around the notorious East London market

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Pensioner who intervened in bike theft has his car stolen instead

76-year-old stopped car to investigate - giving thief the perfect getaway vehicle

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Dubliners handed 75% of all Irish cycle fines last year

Cyclists in Dublin most likely to be rapped for pavement cycling and jumping red lights

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Taiwan to introduce e-bike licensing and helmet law

New rules class electric bikes as lightweight scooters - and follow Chinese crackdown that could hit poor and migrant workers hardest

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Man sentenced to seven years over fatal cyclist hit-and-run

Luke Headech pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Lewes Crown Court after a crash that killed 23-year-old Jamie Murray on New Year's Day 2015

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