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Government urged to restrict use of cars as report says air pollution causes 30,000 premature deaths a year

Authors call for shift in transport policy, Sustrans says people being "posioned" by neighbours' exhaust fumes

5,000 emails sent to local election candidates on first day of LCC’s Space for Cycling campaign

Initiative highlights improvements needed in each of city's 624 wards ahead of next month's poll

Bikes are dangerous. How the news looks when you replace the word “car” with “bike”

California cycling campaigner's April Fool's exercise makes a serious point

Life without Lance: how Livestrong managed to carry on

Armstrong's cancer charity shows extraordinary resilience following shock doping allegations

Drunk, speeding, hit and run van driver who killed cyclist sentenced to eight years in jail

Dying cyclist discovered by his mother in a ditch three hours after fatal collision

As air pollution levels soar should you stop riding?

Experts say cycling is part of the pollution solution

What’s keeping Brits off the bike? In a word: fear, says new study

But majority says cycling should be better provided for, taken seriously and see cyclists as brave

Sign up for 30 Days of Biking and help a kid get a bike

Last day to pledge for April-long riding initiative

Chief Medical Officer calls for more to be done to make cycling safer

“What she said!” agrees British Cycling

Cambridge bus boss calls ‘floating’ bus stop plan “absolutely ludicrous”

But cycling campaigners say they're a boon for buses too

Poor roads, bad driving & theft deter Reading cyclists, council admits before rolling out excuses for inaction

Streets too narrow, buses too important, to allocate road space to cyclists, say councillors

‘THINK! Cyclist’ safety poster campaign returns after DfT deems first run last year a success

Poster campaign to run in five cities, but did it change driver behaviour first time round?

Wife of cyclist severely disabled by Met police car answering 999 call sues police force – who say they weren’t at fault

High Court battle to force police force to take responsibility for permananent brain damage sustained by Guardian journalist

Sheffield cyclists protest at cycle lanes being blocked by police postponed following apology

Cyclists abandon protest at police decision to block safe cycleway with away fans' coaches on match day following apology at council meeting

LCC urges Londoners to oppose TfL’s King’s Cross gyratory plans – consultation closes on Monday

Campaign group says "interim" proposals fail to make area safer for cyclists

Camden to get London’s first left hook preventing separated junction

Kerbs and phased lights keep cars and bikes apart

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert calls for ‘varsity’ bike link to Oxford

Plans to reopen Oxford-Bedford-Cambridge line already underway

Derby closed road cycle track scrapped due to legal row over nature reserve (+ video)

Wildlife campaigners celebrate after council says project no longer financially viable; "a big missed opportunity" says Sustrans

Harrogate councillors clash over whether more should be done to transform town into cycling haven

Lib Dems and Tories on council go head to head over spending money to make cycling safer in town

Updated: Devon man to sue council after pothole causes four serious cycling crashes

Council says it's not liable

Plans to upgrade A9 fail to provide properly for cyclists, say Scottish Greens

"Nonsense" that costs prevent cycle paths being built, agrees Labour MSP

Lorry driver escapes jail for causing death of London cyclist by dangerous driving

Lorry driver who crushed 60 year old cyclist under his wheels as he turned left escapes with 18 month ban and community work

AA “Think Bikes” awareness campaign admits drivers don’t look, suggests wing mirror stickers will remind them (+video)

Stickers will make roads safe for cyclists, says motoring organisation

Opinion: Olympic cycling legacy failing to serve London community groups and clubs

Lee Valley Authority accused of favouring commercial organisations over cycling clubs

AA urges drivers to “think bikes” in new road safety campaign

Motoring organisation produces millions of stickers to fix to wing mirrors in move backed by British Cycling and others

Family of tandem couple killed by 11-times convicted dangerous driver petition Prime Minister for tougher sentences

Hit and run speeding driver who killed married couple jailed for ten years, but could be out in 2018

London cycling less safe, improving too slowly says report

Riders demand segregated infrastructure to improve safety

Leeds vetoes proposal to spend less on council cars, more on cycling

Car-centric thinking lingers in Motorway City of the 70s

Local cyclists and activists hit out at design of new junction after Southampton hit-and-run

"Cycle-friendly" "Dutch-style" crossing doesn't appear to be either

Injured while cycling? Still got the scars? London publisher wants you for photo book

Grayshon Editions hopes portraits of wounded cyclists will jolt decision-makers into action