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Cyclist completes 7,000km beach clean-up ride around UK coastline

Kiko Matthews and volunteers who joined her cleared 3.4 tonnes of plastic pollution during 85-day trip

Cycling UK urges transport secretary to tackle “active travel crisis”

Charity says forthcoming spending review is ideal opportunity to invest more in cycling and walking

“Mountain of stinking waste” dumped on major cycle route in Greater Manchester

Fallowfield Loop blocked by "fly tipping at an epic scale"

Cycle hire firms could face £500 fines for dumped bikes

Will fines encourage bike-hire firms to stop bikes being abandoned?

E-bike incentives are over twice as effective as electric car grants, says The Bicycle Association

At the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group meeting today, The Bicycle Association proposed that electric bikes are far more valuable than subsiding electric car purchases...

Local paper runs front page story on cyclists flouting Hull city centre ban – which doesn’t exist

The story appeared on the front page of the Hull Daily Mail before being removed from the website

Mother of cyclist killed in Notting Hill urges council to reveal identity of woman who “masqueraded” as aunt at cycleaway meeting

Opponent of segregated route falsely claimed to be relative of Eilidh Cairns and said that "she would not have supported the scheme"

Cycling UK and Uber team up to teach Dutch Reach to drivers and passengers

App users will see 3D film warning of danger of not looking before opening door

Campaigners call Scotland’s missed target of 10 per cent of journeys by bike “tremendously disappointing”

Cycling UK in Scotland says government needs to urgently invest more in infrastructure

Cycling App of the Week: Refill

A super handy app that allows users to find locations where they can refill water bottles for free, now with over 20,000 locations nationwide and growing...

Cycling UK teams up with Uber Eats for cycling advice videos

Topics of five films range from road safety to bike maintenance

It’s Bike Week! “All you need is a bike” says Cycling UK

“You don’t need fancy clothing or equipment to enjoy cycling”

Should disused Bradford railway tunnel be filled with concrete or turned into a bike route?

Campaigners call for objections to plan to abandon Queensbury Tunnel

Cycling to remain a “key priority” says UK’s new minister (for cycling)

New minister for transport, Michael Ellis, MP, says he is "utterly convinced" on cycling, and will continue the work of his predecessor, Jesse Norman

Government to fall well short of target of doubling cycling trips by 2025

Inconsistent spending on infrastructure across the country blamed for failure to grow journeys

Campaigners accuse Glasgow University of hypocrisy over climate change stance

University's pledge on global warming not backed up by making routes safe for cyclists, say GoBike

Glasgow cyclists hold vigil for rider killed in lorry collision

Campaigners call for protected infrastructure after fatal incident on Wednesday morning

Updated: Regent’s Park Outer Circle – Georgian quango under fire for refusal to close park gates to curb rat-run danger to cyclists and pedestrians

Meet the CEPC - the unelected body set up in 1813 that is accused of failing in its duty to improve public safety

Lawyer calls for compulsory cycle training in schools – but appears to put the onus for safety on cyclists alone

Cycling UK also wants Bikeability on national curriculum - but reasoning is entirely different

Scottish government tells campaigners it won’t back default 20mph speed limit

Campaigners criticise Scottish government's refusal to back 20mph bill, saying higher speeds make for "feral" roads

Jeremy Vine highlights how road layouts put cyclists in danger

Broadcaster tells campaigners how minor changes on one street "made a huge difference"

Cyclists far less likely to break traffic laws than motorists finds study

Common perception that cyclists are rule-breakers persists

James Cracknell urges cyclists to wear helmets after being photographed riding without one

Rower has been a prominent advocate of cycle helmets since suffering a fractured skull and brain damage in 2010

Chris Boardman calls for end to drivers v cyclists rhetoric as British Cycling reveals two-thirds of bike riders say roads no safer than five years ago

Governing body's survey of 15,000 members makes for depressing reading

HS2 line could ‘obliterate’ brand new £1.2m greenway

Around 11 existing or planned cycle routes at risk in Derbyshire alone, road.cc has learned

Full details announced for World Naked Bike Ride 2019 in London (+ picture gallery)

Feeder rides will converge on city centre on 8 June, with afterparty following at London Bridge

Most parents think learning to ride a bike is ‘a vital life skill’ yet just two per cent of journeys are made by bike

Big Bike Revival launches today, striving to get more people back on their bikes

Protesters against “reckless” cyclists block Hackney street

Residents of Blackstone Estate want cycle path put in London Fields so cyclists don't pass in front of their homes

Anti-fracking campaigners set to protest against Team Ineos at Tour de Yorkshire

Environmentalists call for ban on fossil fuels sponsorship - but pledge not to disrupt race

Pedal on Parliament goes local as campaigners across Scotland protest against poor infrastructure (+ gallery)

From Dumfries to Inverness and Glasgow to Aberdeen, cyclists have been sending a message to councils this weekend