Crime & Legal

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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73 year old driver handed 5 year ban and community service for killing female cyclist in the Highlands

Murdo Morrison 'suffers bouts of grief' since he killed his friend Mary Brook

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Bike thieves slice through cycle racks with saw to lift off couple’s bikes

Bikes stolen outside couple's home after neighbour saw men with saw - but police never responded to call

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Cyclist fined for ‘avoiding phone box’ on shared use crowd funds his appeal

Kristian Gregory to get his day in court over £50 Fixed Penaly Notice for straying into pedestrian zone

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Royal Parks says Jeremy Vine didn’t break speed limit – because it doesn’t apply to cyclists

Riders asked to adhere to 5mph limit for motor vehicles, but don’t necessarily break law if they don’t

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Cyclists fined over £1,000,000 in London police crackdown

Operation Safeway fined another 6,000 riders in first seven months of 2014

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Driver who thought he hit pothole when he ran over cyclist acquitted

Magistrates say no evidence that Mark Tyler was distracted by hands-free mobile phone he was using

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Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine busted for speeding in Hyde Park – on his bike

DJ was riding at 16mph, told by radar-toting cop the limit is 5mph

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Australians look to get cycle insurance in wake of $1.7m payout

Canberra cycling group has seen a 15 per cent rise in insurance applications since judgement

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Police warning: Thieves using Strava to target expensive bikes in Wales

Dyfed-Powys Police advise cyclists to check their Strava privacy settings + road.cc online security tips

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WADA chief says drugs cheats shouldn’t go to jail

Sir Craig Reedie says dopers should face sporting sanctions, not criminal ones

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Scottish traffic commissioner gets tough on lorry & coach driver phone use

Joan Aitken threatens to pull licences of firms that call drivers

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Ten months in jail for repeat driving offender who hit cyclist during ‘lunatic’ police chase

Shane Dunwell took girlfriend's car and drove across pavements and dual carriageways to try to evade police

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Driver of Crossrail tipper truck charged over London cyclist’s death

Brian Holt was one of six bike riders killed in capital last November; his death is only one in which charges brought

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