Crime & Legal

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine fined £5,000 after seriously injuring cyclist

Tory politician pleaded guilty to careless driving following incident in which he drove out of country lane into cyclist's path

Stolen bike alert: Tall bike with no brakes taken from Bristol garden

Owner is appealing for people to keep their eyes peeled for the distinctive, two metre tall machine, which he built himself

Bike theft is ‘the new car theft’ says Police Service of Northern Ireland

Sustrans says not enough people are using good locks

Green London Assembly member calls for close-pass initiative to be rolled out London-wide

Trial run in Camden on three occasions

Man faces £351 bill after being caught illegally riding through Bedford town centre

Cycling UK are against PSPOs banning cycling and are challenging a different one in court

Sister of boy mugged for bike he received as Christmas gift crowdfunds money to buy replacement

Freddie Colman’s parents had saved for months to buy bike stolen on Boxing Day

Justice for Cyclists: inquiry seeks evidence from cyclists

The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group is investigating whether the justice system is failing cyclists and letting drivers off lightly for collisions

Road rage attacker fined £10,000 – but no driving ban

Judge ruled self-employed driver Michael Gibbins, who broke a cyclist's shoulder and leg 'in a blind rage', should keep his licence to pay compensation to victim

Bike shop owner says Christmas break-in may force him out of business

Appeal for information leading to return of five electric bicycles stolen from The Bicycle Den in Hebden Bridge over the festive period

Jail for motorist who killed cyclist while driving “like an idiot” in Leeds

Driver was doing 70mph in a 50mph area with his young daughter in the back

Grimsby cyclist-killer truck driver’s appeal against sentence length thrown out

Judge said appeal had “no merit”

Sunday Times: Rod Liddle wasn’t condoning ‘dooring’ cyclists – he was just using “heavy irony”

Newspaper’s response dismays charity Cycling UK and widow of cyclist killed in dooring incident

Cycling UK demands Sunday Times retracts and apologises for Rod Liddle column praising transport secretary for dooring a cyclist

Charity slams "inflammatory and dangerous" comments by controversial columnist

Video: Ram raiders target Cyclefit Manchester, steal three bikes

Theft happened just after midnight on Monday

Proposed Coventry cycling ban “latest abuse of public space ASBOs” says Cycling UK

Proposed Public Space Protection Order to ban cycling in what was once a global hub for cycle manufacturing is latest use of the legislation to criminalise legal behaviour, says Cycling UK

Exeter farmer was reaching for phone when he hit cyclist

Also convicted of five animal welfare offences

Former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group writes to Prime Minister about Grayling incident

Says Grayling is guilty of at least one traffic offence and asks what action will be taken

South Yorkshire Police says no to close-pass initiative – cites low number of cyclist fatalities in the region

“Deaths involving cyclists in South Yorkshire are nowhere near the levels that they are in the West Midlands or other parts of the country”

Cycling UK suggests Chris Grayling should be prosecuted for dooring incident

Charity’s plea for ‘dooring’ offence to be treated more seriously recently rejected

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Movistar pro Andrey Amador has his bike confiscated during confrontation with Costa Rican police (+ video)

Second occasion Amador has ended a Costa Rican training ride without a bike

Bike theft gang who used Facebook to track victims and stole bikes worth £35,000 jailed

Police matched locations of break-ins to mobile phone records

North London cyclist, 15, killed in collision with motorbike rider

Fatal crash happened in Belsize Park on Saturday afternoon - police seek witnesses

Police in Cambridge seek occupants of white van after cyclists pushed off bikes

Other incidents in East Chesterton area of city have involved eggs being thrown at pedestrians

Police use 999 call from drunk driver who left cyclist to die and claimed her car was stolen in anti-drink driving campaign

Maria Sutton, who claimed her car had been stolen from outside pub, was jailed for four years in June for killing Graham Ruecroft

Man shot in leg by air rifle while fixing puncture

The man, who needed an operation to remove the pellet, from a high-powered air rifle, says he's worried about kids being injured. Police seek information

Constituent of transport secretary Chris Grayling invites him for bike ride in London after minister accuses cyclists of ignoring road signs & running red lights

Cabinet minister’s comments come a week after cyclists were urged to write to their MPs to dispel myths about cycling

Government whiplash crackdown would also hit legitimate claims from cyclists say campaigners

Small claims limit could be raised – around 70 per cent of cyclists’ compensation claims are for less than £5,000

Listening to music on iPhone may have led to cyclist’s death, says coroner

Emily Norton's death "an entirely avoidable incident," says coroner who ruled that cause lay "entirely with the cyclist"

Government’s “cut price” sentencing review of driving offences criticised for leaving exceptional hardship loophole in place and failing to clarify dangerous v careless driving

Review needs to do more than just examine worst offences, says Cycling UK

Video: Thieves return bike stolen from boy aged 9 on eve of anniversary of his father’s death

James Brewster's mother had appealed on Facebook for return of treasured bicycle