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Hit and run during vigil for US cyclist killed in hit and run

Junction was blocked and at some point protest turned violent

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road.cc Recap: our top 10 stories of the week

A round-up of our favourite stories from the cycling world from this week

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Get up to 50% off the entry price for the Bradford on Avon Cycling Festival just for being a road.cc reader

Hill climbs, sportives and family rides should make for a great weekend of riding for everyone with the return of the Bradford on Avon Cycling Festival this coming July

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Italy Week 2018: There’s still time to join us at the best hotel in Europe!

The Hotel Belvedere has picked up TripAdvisor’s top gong for Europe, and we’re off there from April 14-21

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Vote in the road.cc Reader’s Choice awards! Voting closes tonight at 11.59PM

This one's up to you: what are the bestest things (and people) in cycling this past year? Have your say!

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11 things we’ve learned this week

Some more facts, figures and lessons we've learned from another week on two wheels...

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Is CS11 dead? Gilligan blames nimbies, Sadiq blames Gilligan

Mayor says there ‘has to be agreement from all responsible authorities for plans to be progressed’

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School that confiscates bikes if helmets aren’t worn claims more children are now riding to school

Finham Park academy has been accused of ‘overruling’ parents and deterring children from cycling

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Record that close pass you suffered on this new online logging tool

Hope is that crowdsourced data could be shared with planners

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Highways England wants to ban cyclists from the UK’s fastest time trial course

Traffic Regulation Order proposal cites 2013 death of cyclist

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Chris Boardman questions school’s authority to enforce cycling ban

Says move targets active travel rather than bad behaviour

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Merry Christmas from road.cc Santa and his pedal powered elves!

From all of us to all of you have the Christmas you want and the New Year you need

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School brings in detentions for children who don’t wear a cycle helmet

Cambridge school head says he was shocked after a child was treated in intensive care

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Academy school makes cycle helmets compulsory and says it will suspend pupils who ride on the pavement

School rates pavement cycling to be as serious an offence as racial abuse

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London Cycling Campaign and Ofo partner up to get the capital biking

Join both Ofo and the LCC to access special benefits

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Met Police appeal to trace cyclist who helped injured man in Shoreditch

Two arrested on suspicion of GBH and subsequently released under investigation

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School children design game to promote cycle safety

Clever coders could win IT equipment for their school

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Speed monitors in Hackney park to discourage speeding cyclists

Riders who rush will be faced with an angry red face

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Cyclists and motorists equally baffled by new cycle road markings in Gloucester

Gloucestershire County Council says changes are meant to flag possible presence of cyclists where road is too narrow for a 1.5m cycle lane

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Cycling ban on Felixstowe prom to be lifted after year-long trial

General feeling seems to be that a handful of leisurely cyclists probably aren’t going to bring about mass casualties and the fall of civilisation

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Road rage on the rise according to cyclists

Condition of UK roads another major concern

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Multi-day police operation on Leicester path following concerns about speeding delivery cyclists

Suggestion that delivery cyclists are effectively incentivised to speed

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Surrey school says students can only cycle to school if they fit a number plate to their bikes

School says it wants to promote safe cycling “so that our students can be active lifelong riders”

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road.cc live news blog: Monday catch up, Silk Road ultracycling race, mudguards on, Sagan’s court date + more

Here's what you missed Henry Monday morning news catchup + comment and lots more

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Cyclo cross event leaves park like a ‘World War One battlefield’

Residents complain of churned up heath where they like to walk their dogs

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Hi-vis wearing pedestrian plans to wear camera after being hit by cyclists “multiple times”

“It makes me angry that nothing is being done”

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road.cc live news blog: Sagan, Cancellara, BikeLive, show us your pain cave, Islabike Christmas ad + lots more

+Rapha Arenberg glasses reaction, You know you're an experienced cyclist when… and more

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Cyclists riding side-by-side is biggest gripe for rural drivers claims survey

Road rage Britain, where 13 per cent of people admit shouting at an animal

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road.cc live news blog: All the news + Halfords results, Old bloke skillz, Hoy donuts and more

All the latest cycling news (and more) brought to you by road.cc

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Sheffield cyclist accuses Supertram of ignoring potholes near tram tracks

Supertram says it is exploring ‘alternative products’ that will deliver longer-lasting repairs

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