Crime & Legal

Video: Motorist drives into cyclist at roundabout- “Why segregated cycle infrastructure is needed”

Incident happened in Horsham, West Sussex

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Details emerge of attack that left French pro Yoann Offredo with broken nose

Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider posted pictures of his injuries to Facebook yesterday

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Police Scotland launch Operation Close Pass in Edinburgh

Plans to roll it out across Scotland

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New drink-driving ban for Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

Ex-Team Sky pro who was banned for doping has second drink-driving ban imposed in less than two years

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Video: Irish cyclist suffers terrifying head-on close-pass by truck

Truck driver crosses continuous white line down centre of road

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Arrest made after Bristol bike thief is filmed by bystander

Social media debate had centred on whether person who shot the footage should have intervened

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Video: Lisbon bikejacker foiled as he runs into group ride … from the city’s police academy

Intended victim was heading to join police officers on mountain bike ride

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Driver who killed cyclist and scrapped his van to try and cover his tracks has sentence extended for conning pensioners

Fatal collision resulted in protracted police investigation to find the driver responsible

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Video: Driving tests are changing – but no specific cycle awareness component

L-drivers will be tested on sat-navs and other issues in overhaul of testing regime

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Jeremy Vine road rage driver jailed after losing appeal

Footage of incident between motorist and cyclist has now been viewed several million times on social media

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Video: Driving tests are changing – but no specific cycle awareness component

L-drivers will be tested on sat-navs and other issues in overhaul of testing regime

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Close pass initiative launched in Northern Ireland as part of #seethecyclist campaign

Cyclists encouraged to use cameras and bike lights

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Cycling club donate bike to Herts 89-year-old after hers is stolen

Berkhamsted Cycling Club to rescue following theft of Mary Hampton's Raleigh Shopper

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Polish team race Amstel Gold after police recover their stolen bikes

All but two of the bikes stolen on Thursday night found their way back to CCC Sprandi Polkowice team

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89-year-old cyclist suffers first bike theft but is overwhelmed with offers of replacements

Said she’d never once locked her bike in 85 years of cycling

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Irish police lobby for compulsory high-vis for all cyclists

Stopped short of asking pedestrians to do the same as it was 'unenforceable'

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Video: London cyclist pulled over by police officer – who needs to re-read the Highway Code

Officer passes rider too closely and above speed limit, then tells him he shouldn’t be in middle of the road

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Suspended sentence for Yorkshire driver who killed oncoming cyclist while overtaking

Told by judge he should have waited before attempting manoeuvre

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Hit and run driver kills pensioner while on bail for cyclist incident

It was the second time he was caught driving dangerously in Brighton

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“You should hang your head in shame,” judge tells 82-year-old driver who ran over cyclist

Victim says:"How can any human being be so callous to reapply for a driving licence?"

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Breaking News: Driver in Mick Mason case acquitted by jury

Gail Purcell stood trial following crowdfunded private prosecution, believed to be a legal first

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Former ITV cycling presenter in court on charge of riding bike while drunk

Richard Cunynghame, who presented The Cycle Show, is also alleged not to have stopped when police asked him

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“That’s a human being” – Chris Boardman slams Sainsbury’s response to close pass video

Supermarket operator suggested on Twitter that dangerous overtake was okay because "driver is in his own lane"

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South Wales Police cites number of cycling fatalities when explaining that it has no plans to introduce close pass initiative

Cyclists point out the operation is about more than just preventing fatalities

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Manchester police clock 25 drivers speeding in an hour on road where kids were receiving cycle training

Force continues crackdown on mobile phone use at the wheel

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Cyclist fined for riding on M65 near Blackburn

Thought to have been using hard shoulder as shortcut home from work

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Old Bailey told that driver accused of killing Mick Mason admitted she “didn’t see him” as landmark trial opens

Trial opens in crowdsourced private prosecution brought by Cyclists’ Defence Fund

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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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Cambridge police close-pass crackdown saw no drivers stopped – officers instead gave advice to cyclists without lights

Officers on the lookout for close passes have “not seen it as a problem”

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Video: Gang use sledgehammer to raid Manchester bike shop

Five bicycles were stolen from King Kog Cycles on Saturday night

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