Crime & Legal

Parole denied to drink-driving, texting US bishop who killed cyclist

Heather Cook was jailed for seven years in 2015 after causing death of Baltimore framebuilder Tom Palermo

Pensioner says she is ‘treated like a criminal’ as she faces court for ‘cycling’ on a footpath

68 year old was 'using bicycle as a scooter' and should not be charged, she argues

Dozens of groups urge South Yorkshire Police to adopt close pass initiative

Force attended workshop hosted by West Midlands Police in January, but is yet to implement operation

Video: Cyclist almost hit by train after forcing his way through level crossing gates

Police are investigating incident which happened yesterday at North Sheen in south west London.

BBC Sussex planning feature on cyclists’ rights after social media backlash over “ill-judged” tweet

Broadcaster received complaints after asking "Who's to blame?" in video showing van driver forcing cyclist off the road

Police seek cyclist who may have vital information over death of another rider in east London

Officers say CCTV showed man riding close to Karla Roman, who was killed in February as she cycled in Whitechapel

Three years in jail for London driver who used car “as a weapon” against cyclist +video

"It is not inconceivable that your deliberate actions could have killed him," says judge as he passed sentence

Witnesses sought to fatal November 2016 Chelsea Embankment collision

Metropolitan Police issue appeal after 80-year-old pedestrian dies five months after collision with cyclist

Van driver filmed forcing cyclist off road; BBC Sussex asks “Who’s to blame?”

Broadcaster deletes tweet after being slammed for insensitive attempt to start 'debate'

Chris Froome rammed “on purpose” – bike destroyed – by hit and run driver in France

Tour de France champion "okay" as driver chases him onto pavement and rams him

Scottish oil rig worker among injured in Costa Blanca horror crash that left two cyclists dead

Scott Gordon in “serious but stable” condition in hospital in Spain after driver ploughed into group of cyclists, killing two

Nissan Micra driver sought after Tour of Britain director hurt in hit and run

Mick Bennett was knocked off his bike in West Horsley, Surrey on Sunday afternoon

West Yorkshire Police latest to adopt close pass initiative

Scheme being piloted in Leeds, rollout to rest of county could follow

Two cyclists killed as drunk and drugged driver ploughs into group on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Incident happened on Sunday morning between Xabia and Denia; three other riders left seriously injured

Globetrotting cyclist’s bike stolen after almost half a million kilometres

Brazilian rider Denizel Simoes set off on Guinness World Record attempt in 1999

Northumbria Police called time on Operation Cadence after just three weeks

Initiative invited cyclists to submit helmet cam footage of poor driving

Two deny causing death of cyclist on Anglesey by dangerous driving

Due to stand trial in late November

Courier put in intensive care by driver he asked to put her phone away

Cyclist suffered a lacerated liver and fractured ribs, jurors hear

Driver who killed cyclist Clifton James handed suspended sentence

Pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving

East London bikejacking captured on film, victim kicked and punched as he was robbed of his bike

Incident happened in Bethnal Green on Friday evening, police appeal for information

Taxi passenger didn’t see cyclist who was doored into path of van

Van driver had moved out to give cyclist space

West Midlands Police’s plain clothes cyclists spurn hi-vis

“Drivers actually paying attention is the most important thing”

Yerka ‘the unstealable bike’ now available to pre-order

The Yerka ‘unstealable bike’ is now available to pre-order, with the first bikes shipping out in September.

Cyclist seriously injured after car passenger pushes him off bike during time trial

Victim says he gets ‘tooted at, shouted at and generally abused’ most weeks

‘Driving is a privilege, not a right’ says All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group as it calls for Government to close driving ban loophole

Cross-party group of MPs and peers also says more police forces need to adopt close pass initiatives

Four cyclists suing council – for injuries caused by crashing on same pothole

Incidents all happened in space of three weeks - Staffordshire County Council had inspected defect days before the first casualty

Lancashire police appeal for witnesses following cyclist’s death

Particularly interested in dash and helmet cam footage

London tour bus driver pushed cyclist into oncoming traffic

Also said to have tried to ‘bulldoze’ cyclist in his double decker after repeatedly hitting his rear wheel

“Unacceptable” – police condemn Staffordshire cyclist filmed taking 30mph tow uphill from car (+ link to video)

Dashcam footage showed vehicles travelling in opposite direction narrowly missing rider

Hit and run driver who killed cyclist returned to scene of crash as “complete bystander”

Suspended sentence for Stephen Shaw who admitted killing John Dykes, aged 83 and who had cycled since his teens