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Rural A roads are where cyclists are most likely to be killed, road.cc analysis reveals

Insurer NFU Mutual has launched a rural road safety campaign – but it is on busier countryside roads where bike riders face greatest danger

Reaction as Transport for London pauses See their Side ad campaign following backlash

Highly criticised road safety campaign put on hold “to consider the feedback that has been received”

Cambridge cyclists issue impassioned ‘Please stop killing us’ plea

Greater Cambridge Partnership receive stark feedback after public consultation into £20 million funding plan

Transport for London slammed for “victim-blaming” road safety ad (+ video)

Spot which suggests drivers and cyclists share equal responsibility described as “crass, old fashioned ‘false equivalence’ nonsense.”

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London’s bicycle economy could hit £5 billion a year by 2030 and create 25,000 new jobs, says new report

Bicycle Association says it’s already worth £1.3-£1.4bn annually and supports 8,000 jobs

COP26 finally recognises role cycling and walking can play in fighting global warming

“Active travel” added to climate change summit’s electric vehicle declaration at 11th hour

RideLondon: Essex urged to focus on road safety ahead of revamped sportive

Predicted increase in Essex cycling could be a positive legacy for county as it prepares to host the UK's biggest sportive, but cyclists say safety work needed

Pedal on COP – 1,000 cyclists ride to Glasgow to highlight how bikes can help save the planet

Riders from across Scotland joined huge Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march

Security guards refuse to open barrier for cyclist on permitted route near COP26 site

GoBike convenor Thomas Cornwallis was instead told to use footway – but no ramp over the kerb means it isn’t accessible to everyone

Cyclists converge on Glasgow as COP26 conference begins

Riders from UK and beyond head to Scotland ahead of crucial climate change talks – and you can take part in Pedal on COP day of action next Saturday, wherever you are

London cycling instructors protest over slashed training budget

Cuts to pay and poor working conditions were also highlighted in ride from Trafalgar Square to City Hall

7,500 sign petition urging Sadiq Khan to make London’s junctions safer for cyclists

“It is now time for action not excuses,” says Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, who will deliver petition to the mayor at City Hall

Driver kills cyclist after running him over three times

Incident described by police spokesman as “an accident” happened in Utah last month

Parkrun accused of ‘normalising violent driving’ by asking if participants could keep up with car ‘going at 93mph’

UPDATE: The group posted a controversial advert, that has been deleted since this article was first published, which highlighted their partnership with car manufacturer Mini

Dutch neurologists and surgeons call on people to wear helmets while cycling

“Our message is: Use your head, put on a helmet!” says campaign group Doctors for Safe Cycling

School pledges that all children will be cycling by year six

“Honestly, what this school has done for my kids is nothing short of a miracle"...

NHS doctors call for more active travel measures to help ‘society’s most deprived’

"Many of our patients do not have the financial means, health status, or abilities to access private car transport"...

Protesters demand urgent action on dangerous London junctions

Hundreds gathered near Holborn to demand action

“Refugees Welcome” – two cyclists are creating the world’s biggest piece of GPS art in charity ride across southern England

Georgie Cottle and David Charles are spelling out their message on 2,400km ride

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Somerset County Council deserves “gold medal” for its words on active travel – but “the wooden spoon” for its actions, says campaigner

Council says funding is an issue ahead of cycling groups holding protest at County Hall in Taunton tomorrow

Brighton Council reassures residents after naked bike riders spotted on rental bikes

"We hope our ride made the people that participated as well as those that watch us rode past feel empowered"

Hundreds to protest outside Camden Council’s offices to call for safer streets following latest cyclist death in Holborn

Protest organised by Stop Killing Cyclists will include mass ride to junction where Dr Marta Krawiek was killed

Hundreds take to London’s streets for World Naked Bike Ride (+video)

Protest ride returns after last year’s edition was held virtually due to coronavirus pandemic

Fair Fuel UK founder accuses Jeremy Vine of “Fuelling a war between drivers and cyclists”

Organisation's report for parliamentary group laments UK's 37 million “hard-pressed” and “perennially demonised” motorists

Black Unity Bike Ride across London back for second year

The 24km ride will end in Shoreditch Park this afternoon...

London Cycling Campaign launches petition demanding action on capital’s lethal junctions

Move follows death earlier this week of Dr Marta Krawiec on “infamously hostile” Holborn gyratory

Cyclist reports four close passes to police… and is told he could be prosecuted

The incidents all happened on a stretch of road that had a 30mph speed limit in place while a shared use path was being installed

World Naked Bike Ride confirmed for London on 14 August

Go “as bare as you dare” as annual event returns to capital’s streets after 2020 hiatus – plus, find out dates of other upcoming UK rides

Actress Maxine Peake urges more women to cycle

"Cycling is very male-dominated and sometimes women might not feel completely comfortable"

“Not a good use of public money”: minister says council who ripped up pop-up cycle lane can’t bid for more active travel funding

The cycling minister tells West Sussex County Council it can't bid more for funds this year after ripping out a popular pop-up lane last year