Crime & Legal

Cambridge residents call for better signage after park cycling crackdown

People fined for riding in Christ's Pieces say they had no idea there was a ban

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Leicester man who stole policeman’s bike jailed for 18 months

Joshua Mills admitted other offences including thefts of another four bikes

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Cyclist’s family consider private prosecution after no charges brought against driver

Police say insufficient evidence to charge motorist in connection with death of Michael Mason earlier this year

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Naked cyclist fined in NZ – for not sporting a helmet

No action against 33-year-old for riding in the buff - but police say he should still wear a lid

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Cambridge lights crackdown making cyclists more switched on, say police

Oxford ahead of Cambridge when it comes to number of fines handed out as police note cultural shift away from riding without lights in the light blue city

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Frameblock – a lock that’s part of the bike

Continues trend for designing integrated bike locks

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Transport Police releases pics of bike theft most wanted (+ videos)

Railway cops target bike-stealing lowlifes from across the country

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Cycling bag-snatcher caught thanks to GPS technology

An ankle tag, not Strava, led police to Lee Henry

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Danilo Di Luca testimony “most valuable ever received” in anti-doping investigation

Italian's revelations in 2009 said to have begun chain of events that brought down Lance Armstrong

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Huge bike theft from Paralympian’s shop

Tens of thousands of pounds worth of stock taken from Manchester bike shop - Bikehaus, co-owned by Jon-Allan Butterworth

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France plans crackdown on cyclists breaking traffic laws

Reduced fines will be levied far more often, says National Council for Road Safety

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“He’s not my dad” – Rome’s cycling mayor rejects security chief’s call to ditch bike despite mafia death threat

Ignazio Marino declines offer of official car and police escort - but opponent says he already has one

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Boris Johnson and Chris Boardman join safety campaigners to call on DfT to fight EU safer lorry rules delay

Mayor of London, Chris Boardman and Kate Cairns say UK should fight for regulations France and Sweden want delayed

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Bike shop owner appeals for help recovering bikes bought with money from father’s will

Thieves took Stuart Rider's personal bikes in shop break in

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Cyclist dead after crash in East London at weekend

57-year-old was 12th rider to die in a collision in London this year

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Cyclist prosecuted for being towed down the road by his German Shepherd

Queue of traffic behind cyclist as dog tows him near the central line

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Latest Oxford crackdown on unlit riders sees 97 FPNs issued

Fines can be avoided by buying lights, say police

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Cyclist disappointed at police caution for BMX rider who kicked him off bike in rush hour traffic

Police track down Raphael Carrondo's attacker after video publicised

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Stalemate between lawyers in Lance Armstrong whistleblower case

Judge will next week try and help parties overcome “impasse” over exchange of evidence

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Policemen who investigated Marco Pantani’s death launch defamation lawsuit

Five officers claim they are victims of "lynching" by the media through "sensationalist" reporting of murder hypothesis

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Bike stolen after vicious attack by van passenger

Police appeal for witnesses or whereabouts of unusual bike

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Happy Thanksgiving for US cyclist reunited with $5k bike – before he knew it had been stolen

Fellow riders use Facebook to confirm suspicions bike was hot – and buy it from suspected thief

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US drunk driver says cyclist he killed was friend he was due to give a lift

Jeffrey R Moran initially claimed he had spotted bike on road and found rider in ditch

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Video: Cyclist and police in panto chat about pedestrian zone

Oh yes I can! Oh no you can't! He's behind you!

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299 Tacx trainers stolen in truck raid

Suffering stations worth over £1,000 helped off back of lorry

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Police use speed guns to target cyclists on Bristol & Bath Railway Path

More than 15 riders caught travelling at more than 20mph on shared use path

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Update: Arrest made following death of cyclist killed by A13 ‘street-racing’ driver

32-year-old father of two killed by suspected joyrider in hit and run

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Hertfordshire cyclist pushed into canal in unprovoked assault

Police appeal after attack on woman on Grand Union Canal in Hemel Hempstead

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Video: Manchester cyclist hit by taxi – footage being used as evidence in civil action

“I know wearing a camera is controversial but without it, it would have been my word against the driver’s”

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Need to change culture of phone use by drivers says Transport Secretary

Has commissioned a report into the issue which will be out next year

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