Crime & Legal

Serial bike thief with more than 100 prior convictions jailed for nine months

Kevin Davis's latest one-man crimewave included arriving at Peterborough United's training ground on one bike and leaving on another he stole there

Government clamps down on handheld mobile phone use while driving

Consultation found 81 per cent of public in favour of tougher rules

Cyclist sprints away from knife-wielding mugger – and warns others to be vigilant

Incident in Ashford, Kent is latest in a series of attacks on riders across the country

Near Miss of the Day 669: Cyclist confronts driver after ‘worst overtake I’ve ever seen’

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today from Kent where the cyclist goes face to face with the motorist who passed him

Near Miss of the Day 668: Cyclist almost taken out by corner-cutting driver

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

Cyclist who broke motorist’s jaw cleared of assault – because of driver’s close pass

Magistrate says driver overtaking with just 20cm space “deprived the defendant of the power of self-control”

Near Miss of the Day 667: “Are you trying to kill me?” – Aggressive PHV driver fined £660 for close pass (video includes swearing)

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

Near Miss of the Day 666: Absolute beast of a close pass by mobile crane driver

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

Video: Another bike thief caught on film using angle grinder

Latest incident happened on Friday evening in Tower Hamlets, east London

Jail for man who punched cyclist, leaving him partially blind and with fractured jaw and eye socket

Daniel Martin McInerney pleaded guilty to GBH following assault in Bournemouth in May

Near Miss of the Day 665: “Probably the closest I’ve come to being wiped out for a while”

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

West Oxfordshire town’s residents take on suspected bike thief

Facebook posts from people in Witney also aim to force police to tackle problem

Peter Sagan fined for breaking Monaco COVID-19 curfew and injuring police officer

Three-time world champion admits he was drunk when he struggled with police because he thought he would be vaccinated against his will

$1.5 million high-end bike theft ring broken up in Colorado

Gang used stolen vehicles to ram-raid shops with the bikes they stole sold in Mexico

Hit-and-run driver knocks four teenage cyclists off their bikes

Police are investigating incident which happened in village near Norwich

Thieves knock out cyclist and steal his bike

One of the suspects kicked out at the rider, causing him to crash and lose consciousness

Near Miss of the Day 664: Audi driver makes ultra-close pass – then slams the brakes on

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

Near Miss of the Day 663: Van driver almost hits group of cyclists

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today a small peloton almost suffer a total wipe out

Cyclist pushed into canal – by gang who filmed it happening

Victim’s sister urges social media followers to “share the hell” out of incident near Bradford

Near Miss of the Day 662: Close pass bus driver forces oncoming driver to stop

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

Judge orders council that scrapped safe cycling and walking route to reopen consultation

Campaigners succeed in judicial review of decision to allow rat-running motorists to drive through Poole’s Keyhole Bridge

Near Miss of the Day 661: Horsebox driver makes close pass

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

$24 million compensation for cyclist left paralysed by driver on crystal meth

City of San Diego had tried to argue that riding in a group was a “hazardous recreational activity”

Near Miss of the Day 660: Cyclist forced to ride in coned off section of roadworks for safety

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

Teenage cyclist’s face slashed by car occupants after collision

Victim was subjected to a series of attacks, say South Yorkshire Police who have issued an e-fit of the suspect

Hit-and-run laws give drink-drivers incentive to flee crashes where they have killed people, says MP

Christina Rees says law encourages drivers to hand themselves in after drink or drugs are out of system

Near Miss of the Day 659, Tour de France winner edition: Egan Bernal gets an ultra-close pass

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country and beyond - today it's Colombia

Driver arrested after cyclist killed following collision with another rider

Fatal crash happened in Portland, Dorset yesterday; police appeal for witnesses

Speeding driver who killed cyclist in hit-and-run crash jailed for six years

“I constantly wonder that if the driver had stopped and called the emergency services, that my son may have survived,” says Matthew Brimble’s mother

Shocking moment thieves break into bike store and vault fence to make getaway caught on camera

Neighbour gave chase after thieves prised open alarmed unit and used bolt-cutters to cut locks in Edinburgh burglary