Crime & Legal

Video: “Karma” as drunk bike thief knocks teeth out on concrete bin

Police in Orange County, California take would-be thief to hospital after incident

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Five Gloucestershire cyclists stopped for riding drunk in five years

Figures requested after Dursley man is arrested having cycled after 16 pints

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Families could get right to challenge death by dangerous driving sentences

Attorney general currently reviewing what offences can be appealed

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Two cyclists lose lives in separate incidents on first day of New Year

Police arrest four in connection with fatal hit-and-run in East Sussex; second fatality happened on A3 in Hampshire

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Driver in hit-and-run that killed framebuilder was bishop

Baltimore framebuilder Tom Palermo died after being hit by car driven by Bishop Heather Cook

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Speed camera fines at four year high

Improved technology means more drivers are being caught despite lack of government funding

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Madrid pavement cyclists face fines of up to €1,200

Authorities promise 'zero tolerance' - but critics say policy aimed at gaining votes in well-off areas

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Sussex Police chief appeals to all road users to take care as casualties rise

Highest death and injury toll on Sussex roads in seven years prompts call from chief constable

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Police fail to fine a single illegal cyclist in Grimsby town centre pedestrian zone in a year

Over a hundred fines issued in 2010 - but not a single one in 2014

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Cyclist wanted by police for assault on bus driver tells his side of the story

Bus driver 'drove at pregnant girlfriend' according to cyclist who attacked him

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Taiwan fines hundreds of drunk cyclists under draconian new drunk cycling laws

More than 600 cyclists given fines for riding under the influence since April

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Diabetic driver jailed for killing cyclist on Kent A2

Driver was "significantly lax" in monitoring blood sugar

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More than 1,000 fined in latest phase of Met’s Operation Safeway

Officers out in force targeting law-breaking road users again in London last week

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Drunk driver who killed charity cyclist Christian Smith jailed for five years

Bethany Mackie had drunk vodka and cocktails and was more than double the legal limit

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Family of John Radford face further wait for funeral

No decision yet over further charges for driver who hit Huddersfield CTC chairman

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Cyclists’ Defence Fund joins fight for justice for Michael Mason

Driver who hit retired teacher escaped prosecution

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Cyclist fined for ‘avoiding phone box’ on shared path pleads not guilty

Kristian Gregory to get crowd-funded day in court in February

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Cambridge residents call for better signage after park cycling crackdown

People fined for riding in Christ's Pieces say they had no idea there was a ban

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Leicester man who stole policeman’s bike jailed for 18 months

Joshua Mills admitted other offences including thefts of another four bikes

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Cyclist’s family consider private prosecution after no charges brought against driver

Police say insufficient evidence to charge motorist in connection with death of Michael Mason earlier this year

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Naked cyclist fined in NZ – for not sporting a helmet

No action against 33-year-old for riding in the buff - but police say he should still wear a lid

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Cambridge lights crackdown making cyclists more switched on, say police

Oxford ahead of Cambridge when it comes to number of fines handed out as police note cultural shift away from riding without lights in the light blue city

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Frameblock – a lock that’s part of the bike

Continues trend for designing integrated bike locks

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Transport Police releases pics of bike theft most wanted (+ videos)

Railway cops target bike-stealing lowlifes from across the country

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Cycling bag-snatcher caught thanks to GPS technology

An ankle tag, not Strava, led police to Lee Henry

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Danilo Di Luca testimony “most valuable ever received” in anti-doping investigation

Italian's revelations in 2009 said to have begun chain of events that brought down Lance Armstrong

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Huge bike theft from Paralympian’s shop

Tens of thousands of pounds worth of stock taken from Manchester bike shop - Bikehaus, co-owned by Jon-Allan Butterworth

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France plans crackdown on cyclists breaking traffic laws

Reduced fines will be levied far more often, says National Council for Road Safety

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“He’s not my dad” – Rome’s cycling mayor rejects security chief’s call to ditch bike despite mafia death threat

Ignazio Marino declines offer of official car and police escort - but opponent says he already has one

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Boris Johnson and Chris Boardman join safety campaigners to call on DfT to fight EU safer lorry rules delay

Mayor of London, Chris Boardman and Kate Cairns say UK should fight for regulations France and Sweden want delayed

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