Crime & Legal

Police launch appeal as cyclist pushed into Regent’s Canal in East London

Woman was riding past group of youths on towpath when assault happened on Thursday evening

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London bike-jackings hit 10 a week, say Metropolitan Police

As many incidents in last 12 months as in previous two years, according to figures obtained by BBC

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Lance Armstrong helped USPS overcome negative PR caused by Cliff from Cheers, claim his lawyers

$40m backing of disgraced cyclist's team was worth $140m to government, says defence team

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Cyclist who died of head injury was either hit by car door or swerved to avoid it

Driver involved has already been charged but inquest hears how bike’s brakes may also have played a part

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Tennessee cop invents safe passing radar device to catch rogue motorists

Enforcing 3-foot passing law with the help of science

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Seven men arrested and 20 bikes retrieved by police in Brick Lane operation

The Met, City of London and British Transport Police arrested the men on suspicion of handling stolen goods and money laundering

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Tipper truck driver who killed cyclist Alan Neve jailed for three and a half years

Barry Meyer also banned from driving for 10 years after fatal crash on Holborn in July 2013

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Avon & Somerset police critcised over Cycle Code leaflet

Pamphlet accompanied by 'No Cycling' sign warns riders of consequences of breaking law - 'is there a leaflet for drivers too? ask critics

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British Transport Police release images of Birmingham bike theft suspects

Officers want to track down men involved in spate of thefts at city's railway station

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Seven years’ jail for driver who thought he’d hit wheelie bin when he killed cyclist

Michael Rollason guilty of dangerous driving in death of Terry Brown

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Bike theft soars in Cambridge

Police urge riders to be security-conscious in city of stolen bikes

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Drunk driver jailed for two years after injuring cyclist

Raich Carter suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs and is blind in one eye

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Stolen Bike Alert: One of a kind Light Blue Wolfson prototype + two time trial bikes

Bike shops and cyclists asked to be on the lookout for Ison's pre-production prototype steel bike with unique build

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Police appeal for information after cyclist is pushed 40 feet along road by hit and run driver in Essex

Van involved was later abandoned and set on fire

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Man on trial for killing cyclist told police he thought he had hit a wheelie bin

Michael Rollason denies causing death by dangerous driving

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Cambridge cyclist feared for life after driver’s knife threat

Motorist, 23, pleads guilty to threatening behaviour and careless driving in incident last September

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Videos: Road rage Argentinian style – maybe British roads aren’t so bad

Bus driver and passengers hospitalise Buenos Aires cyclist + cyclist destroys taxi

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Eastbourne cyclist captures moment he’s almost knocked off his bike by sideswiping Stagecoach bus

VIDEO: Stagecoach say they will fully investigate incident

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Case against suspected bike thief collapses after police sell the evidence

"Astonishing state of affairs" says judge, demanding written explanation of "lamentable" blunder

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Man charged over hit and run death of cyclist

Robert Worrall was found dead on A24 in November 2014

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Terror plot forces cancellation of major German May Day race

State investigators make two arrests, say Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt was target

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Giraffe thought to have “trampled cyclist to death,” say South African police (+ video)

Suspected attack follows another caught on film in 2013 when riders escaped

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Scottish Lib Dem leader clocks 81mph on Strava after Pedal on Parliament

Willie Rennie forgets to switch Strava off - and breaks speed limit on motorway as he heads home to Fife

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Britain’s roads “increasingly lawless territory” as half of drivers admit flouting rules

Brake calls for more resources for roads policing and reinstatement of casualty reduction targets

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Green Party backs presumed liability and pledges £30 per head a year for cycling

Party outlines its policies in response to #ChooseCycling network

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Police seek hit & run driver who left cyclist with facial injuries

Motorist swore at victim following incident in Weston-super-Mare earlier this month

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Lorry drivers the best road users, cyclists the worst, says haulage firm boss

Director of Devon HGV operator lashes out at cyclists - but his own firm has history of rule-breaking

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Sustrans forced to bring in bailiffs to clear cycle path after travellers set up camp and block route

Travellers and 12 caravans break onto cycle path set up camp in Flintshire

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Police in London attacked for “victim-blaming” post addressing cyclists on Twitter

Image of smashed car windscreen warned cyclists to obey rules of the road

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‘Anti-social’? Cambridge cyclists responsible for just seven out of 4,400 anti-social incidents

Pavement cyclists and red light jumpers are a problem, say police, but there's no evidence in reports

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