Crime & Legal

Drink driver who left two cyclists with life-changing injuries wins unfair dismissal case

The electrician was sacked by Irish Rail after he was jailed for crashing into a group of cyclists while uninsured and four times over the legal alcohol limit

Driver jailed for two-and-a-half years for killing one cyclist and seriously injuring another blamed victims for “not riding in single file”

Arthur Robert McGrillen also failed to declare that he had suffered a stroke when renewing his driving licence a year before the fatal collision

Police search for Hampshire driver who broke cyclist’s wrist when he rammed him with his car

In separate incident, a cyclist in Bournemouth suffered broken jaw when he was pushed off bike

Burglar behind £30,000 raid on bike shop caught after 115mph chase

Harry Curran was caught on A6 in Lancashire after speeding down the M6 following break-in in Cumbria

Calls to ban lorries from Wiltshire village where seven-year-old was killed while riding her bike

Roads around Collingbourne Ducis described as being like the “wild west” due to volume of HGV traffic

Near Miss of the Day 831: MGIF driver reverses over white lines into traffic to confront cyclist

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country – today it’s Birmingham

Fuel tanker driver receives six-month suspended sentence for causing death of cyclist by careless driving

Richard Hardcastle admitted killing 22-year-old physiotherapist Anna Garratt-Quinton as he attempted a left turn at a roundabout in Cambridge

“I could have been killed”: Cyclist with cancer beaten by driver in shocking unprovoked attack

A judge at Portsmouth Crown Court told Joshua Mills he will go to jail for the assault

Near Miss of the Day 830 revisited: Police apologise for not requesting clearer footage sooner, meaning it was too late to prosecute close pass driver

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Thames Valley

South London cyclist chases after muggers and gets his bike back

Police say victim sustained head and facial injuries during attack in Southwark Park

Bike lane where two cyclists have been killed in recent months does not comply with minimum safety standards, council warned last year

Councillor Andy Morgan, who supported the removal of cycle lane wands on the Chorley New Road, says “the majority of people wanted them removed”

“Speeding should be every bit as unacceptable as drink driving,” argues police and crime commissioner

“There is something about motoring offences that society still thinks of as socially acceptable,” says Devon and Cornwall’s PCC Alison Hernandez

Cyclist’s bike ‘snapped in half’ in fatal collision, inquest hears

Lucy John was killed in a crash involving the driver of a Honda Civic near Bridgend earlier this month

Community service for driver who killed cyclist on Christmas Day

Keith Halliday's defence team said he had not seen the cyclist whose bike was fitted with front and rear lights and could be seen from 150 metres away

Cyclist threatened with “foot-long knife” during latest south London bike robbery

"Shocking as it was, I am particularly annoyed at finding out this is a hotspot and there does not seem to be any meaningful warning signs or police prevention"

Cyclist killed by hit-and-run driver on road where cycle lane wands were controversially ripped out

The man in his 30s is the second cyclist to die in a collision on Chorley New Road since the segregation was removed last year

Cyclist attacked and robbed of bike — only for offenders to return it 10 minutes later

One of the group of six youths tried to punch the victim before robbing the Giant bike, only to have an unexplained change of heart minutes later

Cyclist helping Ukrainian refugees find new home mugged of bike by youths

Despite the frightening robbery of his £3,000 bike David Carter says he is more worried about helping the family flee war in Ukraine

Near Miss of the Day 829: Fast undertake on cyclist lands driver three points & fine

Three points, £120 fine, £90 costs and £34 surcharge for this close pass which the rider told us could have resulted in "fatal consequences"

Distracted driver who crashed into and killed cyclist then claimed infant son was using his phone found guilty

Off-duty police officer Lynwen Thomas was killed when she was hit by Simon Draper, who had been switching between apps on his phone then claimed his 13-month-old son had it

New safety tech trial catches hundreds of drivers breaking law

“We have been shocked at what we have seen during the trial,” says Warwickshire Police inspector

(Not so) Near Miss of the Day 828: Driver hits cyclist at speed, leaving door mirror behind

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Hertfordshire

“A giant shining beacon of energy” – tributes paid to cyclist killed in crash in South Wales

Lucy John, aged 35, was pronounced dead at scene of crash involving driver of Honda Civic on A48 at Bridgend on Sunday

Van driver who killed cyclist was distracted by Instagram and Facebook, court hears

Simon Draper says it was his 13-month-old son who was using the phone when he hit and killed off-duty police sergeant Lynwen Thomas on the A40 last February

Mario Cipollini jailed for three years for domestic violence

Former world champion cyclist, who injured ex-wife and stalked her, also ordered to pay €85,000 in compensation

Christina Mackenzie “disgusted” by hit-and-run driver who “left her for dead”

"The decision they made to just leave me, I'm disgusted by it. I'm not just a cyclist, I'm someone's sister, I'm someone's daughter"

Teenager arrested after hit-and-run motorist filmed ‘deliberately ramming’ cyclist

The driver has appeared in court following the incident near Dublin Airport, which was filmed and uploaded to social media by a passenger in the car

Deliveroo cyclist attacked by knife-wielding teenager after collision

The 24-year-old says the alleged assault was the third cycling-related incident he has reported to the police in recent months, following a collision with a driver and a bike theft

Kent cyclist says driver ‘dressed like Blues Brother’ tried to strangle him with helmet strap

Keith Patrick says driver, whom he believes had been drinking, also deliberately doored him after close pass

Video: Sir Ian McKellen’s agent cleared of assaulting CyclingMikey

Jury acquits Paul Lyon-Maris of charges relating to incident at Regent’s Park’s ‘Gandalf Corner’