Crime & Legal

Jail for pavement cyclist who rode off after fatally injuring pensioner

Stewart McGinn lied to police, telling them he'd stopped to help Elizabeth Jayne Stone, who sustained a broken skull

Two youths arrested after Hampshire bike shop break-in

Police say pair smashed windows of bike shop in Brockenhurst and tried to make off with two bikes

Near Miss of the Day 797: Motorist charged with careless driving after overtaking at speed towards oncoming vehicle

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country – today it’s Berwickshire

Cyclist doored by phone-using van driver receives €30,000 in damages

The motorist claimed that the door of his van, which was parked on a footpath, had been left open long before the cyclist collided with it

Near Miss of the Day 796: Punishment pass driver put forward to court

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country — today it's Cornwall...

“Deeply concerned” British Cycling steps in following spate of violent bikejackings across south London

Governing body's policy manager Nick Chamberlain hopes working together with police forces will see "swift action taken to tackle the issue and bring the thieves to justice"

Cyclist left “for dead” by hit-and-run postman was his colleague

Peter Burt hit fellow Royal Mail worker Mike Haggart with his work van and drove for 15 miles before telling police he "may have hit something"

Cyclist died after out-of-control dog ran out in front of him, court hears

Animal’s owner fined €625 after fatal crash

Near Miss of the Day 795: Close pass driver tells cyclist: “ I found it difficult to get past”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's south west London

But cyclists should need licences? Woman jailed for taking 150 driving tests for others

“Circumventing the tests puts lives in danger,” said Caroline Hicks of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Road rage minibus driver who deliberately struck cyclist jailed for two years

The cyclist was hit after confronting the motorist about “cutting him up” at a set of traffic lights

Hit-and-run motorist released after cyclist’s severed foot found on car

Gardaí are continuing to appeal for witnesses after off-duty police inspector Niall Flood was left with life-changing injuries following the horror incident last week

“This is just on another level”: Low-traffic neighbourhood vandals set fire to bollard

"The fact that people are taking to arson to express their dislike of the bollards — it's absolutely disgraceful"

Cyclists robbed by moped gang as two more bikejackings reported across south London

Both victims reported being threatened and robbed by a moped-riding gang near Orpington on Sunday, a few days after another attempted bikejacking nearby

Near Miss of the Day 794, updated: Police say driver should have been prosecuted after passing cyclists signalling right

“It is these types of cases that can cause cyclists to believe we are not taking their plight seriously, but I can assure you we are,” said Gloucestershire Constabulary’s Traffic Unit manager

Prolific bike thief jailed for six months after being spotted by off-duty police officers

Joshua Collinson-Prime will also have to pay £1,200 compensation to one of the victims

Tour de France offers “sympathy and compassion” as three killed in Copenhagen shooting two days after Grand Depart

Three people have been killed and four are in a critical but stable condition in the shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital

Cyclist’s severed foot found on hit-and-run suspect’s car as driver arrested

A woman has been arrested in relation to the horror incident which saw an off-duty Irish Garda inspector, an experienced cyclist, airlifted to hospital with life-changing injuries

Near Miss of the Day 793: No action for driver overtaking into oncoming traffic (+ interesting Operation SNAP feedback)

"On the front piece of footage we are unable to gauge how close the vehicle is to you as you have turned your head towards it at the point of the alleged offence occurring"

“They said give us the bike or we stab you”: Another cyclist targeted by motorbike-riding muggers on popular route out of London

Local cycling clubs have warned members not to ride alone following a series of similar incidents

Near Miss of the Day 792: National Express bus driver in ultra-close pass on cyclist (includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's the West Midlands

Moriah Wilson murder: Kaitlin Armstrong caught in Costa Rica after six weeks on the run

Suspect had dyed her hair and had nose bandaged due to apparent surfing accident, and was travelling on fraudulent passport, say US Marshals

Youth charged with attempted murder after woman stabbed while cycling

Incident happened last week in Stoke Newington in north London

E-bike insurance claims up 815% in five years

Typical claim for an e-bike has also risen from £1,500 in 2016 to around £2,000

Lone female cyclists are “being targeted”, says former Scottish champion

Jennifer George, who finished eleventh in last week’s British time trial championships, has been attacked twice in recent weeks while riding alone in Surrey and Kent

Mechanic escapes driving ban after cutting corner straight into cyclist

The driver was fined and forced to pay £1,000 in compensation after injuring the cyclist and damaging his bike, in what his counsel claimed was a “minor and momentary error of judgement”

Driver spared jail after killing cyclist in “momentary lapse of concentration”

The motorist was given a suspended sentence and banned from driving for two years after ‘inexplicably’ hitting 43-year-old cyclist Louise Harrott

Near Miss of the Day 791: “Careful lad,” says van driver parked in bike lane… as another driver pushes in front

Two for the price of one on today’s edition of our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

Near Miss of the Day 790 updated: Cyclist gets ANOTHER close pass from same taxi the day after punishment pass

UPDATE: Driver has "since left" job as taxi driver — Thames Valley Police send out warning letter

“How would you like to be on camera now?” Shirtless driver accosts CyclingMikey

Range Rover driver tells road safety campaigner “I feel like smashing your face in” during expletive-filled rant in Hyde Park