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Ikea makes global product recall on its award-winning bike

Furniture giant warns that belt drive can snap unexpectedly

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Lorry driver arrested on suspicion of drug driving as London cyclist fights for life

Police appeal for witnesses to collision in Marylebone on Wednesday morning

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Near Miss of the Day 148: Overtaking minibus driver slows down and squeezes cyclist into kerb

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s West Sussex

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Tesla car on Autopilot crashes into police car in California

Safety of semi-autonomous vehicle under the spotlight once again following incident in California

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Wires strung across cycle trail in country park near New Forest – for second time in three years

Rangers at Moors Valley Country Park warn riders to be vigilant and say that criminal behaviour will be reported to the police

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Near Miss of the Day 147: Combine harvester driver squeezes cyclists off road

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s North Yorkshire

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Police urged to act against motorist who drove from John O’Groats to Land’s End in under 10 hours

Tommy Davies averaged 90 miles an hour on end-to-end drive and boasted of fitting car with equipment to thwart police

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Near Miss of the Day 146: The ‘Normal for London’ edition

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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Near Miss of the Day 144: Cyclist forced onto pavement to avoid turning lorry

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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Hampshire man pushed off shared use path and into oncoming car

Attacker alleged to have said “you should be cycling on the road”

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New Forest MP calls for mandatory bike bells

Julian Lewis says people should be able to go about their business “without fear of being mown down by silent rogue cyclists"

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Near Miss of the Day 142: Cyclist hears screeching wheels …

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s West Yorkshire

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Video: Cyclist finds car stolen from his wife in traffic – driver flees

Witnesses chased after woman at wheel, who now faces charge of grand theft auto, says LAPD

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Thames Valley Police sack officer who attacked cyclist with baton

PC Adam Scarratt held to have used excessive force and to have lied about incident afterwards

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Near Miss of the Day 141: Two close-passing lorry drivers

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s South Yorkshire

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Cardiff driver who killed cyclist deliberately veered onto wrong side of road to scare girlfriend during argument

Eurico Costa jailed for four-and-a-half years and banned from driving for five

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Caught by Strava – US cyclist charged with malicious wounding after being identified from one of his recent uploads

Incident occurred on local trail

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Police in Surrey town giving yellow cards to pedestrian zone cyclists

Local campaigner calls initiative "utterly stupid" while Cycling UK questions why it was brought in

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Shopping centre group obtains High Court injunction banning anti-social cycling

Cycling UK says move seems "excessive" - and warns it could apply to shoppers looking for somewhere to park their bike

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Near Miss of the Day 138: Driver of Met Police van in Operation REALLY Close Pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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Near Miss of the Day 137: Needless – and dangerous – overtake at pinch point

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Surrey

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Round-the-world cyclists found dead in Mexico believed to have been murdered

Holger Hagenbusch from Germany and Polish citizen Krzysztof Chmielewski were initially thought t have fallen into a ravine

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New South Wales introduces minimum passing distance law

Motorists in Australian state now face fines if they don't give cyclists sufficient room

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Rise in number of drivers found guilty of traffic offences

Number of motorists convicted of dangerous driving offences jumps by more than half since 2013

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MP who has called for tougher laws on dangerous cycling appointed London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport

Heidi Alexander called on Theresa May to reform legislation shortly before government announced cycle safety review

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Near Miss of the Day 135: Cyclist’s new action camera gets its first close pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Stoke-on-Trent

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Near Miss of the Day 134: Lorry driver makes close overtake followed by punishment pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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Hung jury may mean retrial for driver who killed Kent cyclist

Ayasha Penfold hit cyclist John Durey in head-on crash in May last year

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Near Miss of the Day 133: Breakfast-eating close pass driver fined

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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Near Miss of the Day 132: Foreign-registered van in close pass – but police take no action

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

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