Crime & Legal

STOLEN BIKE ALERT: Three track bikes and a derny taken from Scunthorpe club in ‘targeted’ theft

Quibell VeloSport says it has no cash to replace bikes stolen from container unit

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Dr Richard Freeman tribunal adjourned on medical grounds – unlikely to resume before May

Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky medic said to have mental health 'crisis' last week

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Councillor who slammed ‘alarming’ cyclists ‘caught speeding’ by Speedwatch group he set up

Gregg Manning claimed in June that 30mph cyclists 'more alarming' than 50mph motorists

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Driver ‘dazzled’ by sun who killed cyclist handed suspended sentence

Witness driving on same road reduced speed to 5mph due to 'brightest he had ever seen it'

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Near Miss of the Day 341: Close pass followed by not so seasonal greeting

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

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Lorry driver who killed cyclist failed to give way and had cocaine in his system

Joseph Large was squinting into the sun when he pulled out of junction in refuse truck

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Irish cyclist who ran red light awarded €20,000 after motorist hit him and then drove over his foot

Driver didn’t look left when pulling out of side road because nearby pelican crossing was on red

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Complaints upheld after police failed to act against driver who left cyclist with spinal injuries

Campbell Hutcheson was hit while stationary at a junction

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Council being sued by three cyclists injured as they rode through ford

All three women suffered fractures due to "more slippery than ice" road surface in Leicestershire

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Shane Sutton alleged to have used Coke can full of urine to avoid positive drugs test

Richard Freeman's lawyer outlines questions she would have put to Australian had he not walked out of medical tribunal last month

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Richard Freeman’s lawyer tells tribunal Shane Sutton was ‘hostile … because he knows the truth’

Mary O’Rourke insists he ‘fled’ from cross-examination ‘before questions he knew were coming’

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Warwickshire man jailed after stealing police bait bike

Police tracked Darren Considine ‘within minutes’ of him taking bike in Leamington Spa

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Near Miss of the Day 340: Pointless close pass as cyclist rides through door zone

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

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Lorry driver whose view was blocked by dashboard tray table jailed for killing cyclist

Robert Bradbury's employer knew the tray table was removed so his vehicle could pass its MOT and reinstalled afterwards

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Hammersmith & Fulham greenlights two major West London cycle routes

News comes as TfL confirms work will start on Kew Bridge junction with Cycleway 9 next week

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Updated: Pregnant cyclist seriously injured in hit and run crash loses baby

Incident happened in Leicester on Monday evening; man arrested has been released

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Cyclist who dishonestly claimed £60,000 compensation after collision caught out by Strava posts

Driver admitted liability but insurers' suspicions led to law firm scrutinising Andy Airey's social media feeds

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Suspended sentence for dog-walker who threatened to kill cyclist on seafront shared-use path

Llandudno Magistrates' Court hears of "unprovoked attack" in Deganwy last April

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Cycling on Italy’s roads is ‘like going to war’ says national team coach

Country’s president urged to ensure that planned highway code reforms to protect riders go through

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Cyclist killed after failing to see parked car, inquest hears

Collision investigator says Colin Marron's view may have been obscured by baseball cap he was wearing

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Operation Aderlass: UCI orders retest of samples from 2016-17

Governing body's move suggests specific riders are suspected of involvement in blood doping ring

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Video: Police tell New York City cyclist he may get summons – as he lies on ground immediately after being doored

Police officer asked victim if he had been cycling in the bike lane

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18-month ban for dangerous driver who drove into the back of cyclist

Andrew Whittaker sustained head and back injuries and was off work for eight months after crash on A82

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Australian drink-driver who killed cyclist texted sister to find ‘a very good lawyer’ instead of calling emergency services

Judge said he appeared more concerned for himself than for the cyclist

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Suspended sentence for Irish road rage driver who deliberately rammed cyclist

“He was intemperate and probably in a temper” said judge

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Police to hand out bike lights in Edinburgh as part of #LightUp campaign

Campaign seeks to educate road users about legal requirements when travelling at night

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Near Miss of the Day 338: Driver convicted of careless driving for close pass

Our regular feature showing near misses from around the country

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Crowdfunder launched after Birmingham cyclist pushed off bike, breaking arm

Cycle Republic worker Luke Hardman’s bike was destroyed when car passenger shoved him

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‘Targeting cyclists will have more benefit because drivers aren’t causing any accidents’ say Dundee Police after rejecting close pass operation

In 2017 a Dundee cyclist suffered a close pass by a police van on a blind bend

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Is submitting close pass footage to the police a postcode lottery?

One road.cc reader's experience in Norfolk contrasts with story we posted about Derbyshire Constabulary

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