Crime & Legal

Close pass initiative launched in Northern Ireland as part of #seethecyclist campaign

Cyclists encouraged to use cameras and bike lights

Cycling club donate bike to Herts 89-year-old after hers is stolen

Berkhamsted Cycling Club to rescue following theft of Mary Hampton's Raleigh Shopper

Polish team race Amstel Gold after police recover their stolen bikes

All but two of the bikes stolen on Thursday night found their way back to CCC Sprandi Polkowice team

89-year-old cyclist suffers first bike theft but is overwhelmed with offers of replacements

Said she’d never once locked her bike in 85 years of cycling

Irish police lobby for compulsory high-vis for all cyclists

Stopped short of asking pedestrians to do the same as it was 'unenforceable'

Video: London cyclist pulled over by police officer – who needs to re-read the Highway Code

Officer passes rider too closely and above speed limit, then tells him he shouldn’t be in middle of the road

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Suspended sentence for Yorkshire driver who killed oncoming cyclist while overtaking

Told by judge he should have waited before attempting manoeuvre

Hit and run driver kills pensioner while on bail for cyclist incident

It was the second time he was caught driving dangerously in Brighton

“You should hang your head in shame,” judge tells 82-year-old driver who ran over cyclist

Victim says:"How can any human being be so callous to reapply for a driving licence?"

Breaking News: Driver in Mick Mason case acquitted by jury

Gail Purcell stood trial following crowdfunded private prosecution, believed to be a legal first

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Former ITV cycling presenter in court on charge of riding bike while drunk

Richard Cunynghame, who presented The Cycle Show, is also alleged not to have stopped when police asked him

“That’s a human being” – Chris Boardman slams Sainsbury’s response to close pass video

Supermarket operator suggested on Twitter that dangerous overtake was okay because "driver is in his own lane"

South Wales Police cites number of cycling fatalities when explaining that it has no plans to introduce close pass initiative

Cyclists point out the operation is about more than just preventing fatalities

Manchester police clock 25 drivers speeding in an hour on road where kids were receiving cycle training

Force continues crackdown on mobile phone use at the wheel

Cyclist fined for riding on M65 near Blackburn

Thought to have been using hard shoulder as shortcut home from work

Old Bailey told that driver accused of killing Mick Mason admitted she “didn’t see him” as landmark trial opens

Trial opens in crowdsourced private prosecution brought by Cyclists’ Defence Fund

Drivers warned not to ‘bully’ cyclists as Manchester close-pass operation gets underway

Seven drivers stopped for using their phones in an hour – including one person driving a school bus

Cambridge police close-pass crackdown saw no drivers stopped – officers instead gave advice to cyclists without lights

Officers on the lookout for close passes have “not seen it as a problem”

Video: Gang use sledgehammer to raid Manchester bike shop

Five bicycles were stolen from King Kog Cycles on Saturday night

Close Pass campaign to be rolled out by police in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Leicestershire

Roads policing units covering four more counties pledge to follow lead of colleagues in West Midlands

Cyclists’ Defence Fund renews appeal for funding ahead of first private prosecution for causing death whilst driving

Trial of driver involved in collision with Michael Mason to begin next week

Half of Danes say cycle helmets should be mandatory, new survey finds

Government has no plans to legislate on the issue, however

Video: Cyclist uses bike to smash car windscreen after claiming motorist veered into cycle lane

Incident happened close to Manchester Royal Infirmary as Tracey Leng was on way to visit her seriously ill mother

Uber suspends driverless car trial after crash leaves vehicle on its side

Police in Arizona say it's unclear whether vehicle was in autonomous mode when incident happened

Hampshire cyclists punched by van occupant in separate incidents yesterday – Police appeal for witnesses

Incidents happened on Sunday near Southampton, police urge anyone with photos or video footage to come forward

Northamptonshire Police under fire for ‘educational’ leaflet aimed at cyclists

Leaflets are seemingly being attached to bikes at random

Self-employed courier wins battle to be recognised as a ‘worker’

One of four similar cases being brought by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain

Reading cyclist dies following collision with pedestrian

Police appeal for witnesses

Breaking news: Streets around Houses of Parliament in London including Cycle Superhighway in lockdown as police respond to major incident

Man with knife reportedly shot outside Parliament, several seriously injured as driver reportedly crashes into pedestrians

London cycle courier says he was punished for refusing delivery after eight hours in the cold

Courier aiming to get employed worker’s rights