Crime & Legal

Near Miss of the Day 324: Driver changing lanes without looking, almost takes out cyclist

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

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South London cyclist killed in collision involving lorry

Fatal crash happened on South Circular Road in Catford this morning

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Queensbury Tunnel row: Bradford Council urges Transport Secretary to intervene

Highways England accused of breaching planning permission by starting to fill in tunnel

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Ireland to introduce dangerous overtaking of cyclists law

Drivers face €120 fine for close passes – but no minimum passing distance stipulated

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Near Miss of the Day 323: Another London commute compilation

Our regular feature showing close passes from around the country – today it’s London

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Thief follows Leicester cyclist into shop to steal her bike

Sunita Trivedi says man took advantage of her being distracted to snatch bike

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Australia’s mandatory helmet laws “have become a tool of disproportionate penalties and aggressive policing” say researchers

“The goal is meant to be harm reduction. Piling on the fines does more harm than good”

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Teenager who rode through Brighton Asda fined for dangerous cycling

“We were chilling at the beach then got a little bit drunk”

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Man threatens to punch cyclist, 14, who was riding on pavement due to puncture making it too dangerous to stay on road

Isaac Slade's mother says he would usually have been riding on the road on his six-mile trip home from school

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Rail operator faces threat of legal action over broken station cycle security promise

Cambridge City Council considers planning enforcement against Greater Anglia due to thefts at UK's biggest bike parking facility

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Near Miss of the Day 322: Driver turns across path of cyclist – one of the closest we’ve seen

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

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Cyclist breaks collarbone after car passenger shoves him off bike

West Mercia Police appeal after incident in Alvechurch last week

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Driver jailed for killing Northern Irish cyclist Gavin Moore

Hing Tong Cheung left another member of North Down CC with life-changing injuries

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London e-bike rider in court accused of causing death of pedestrian by dangerous driving

Prosecution alleges Thomas Hanlon's bike exceeded power and speed limit at time of fatal collision

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Near Miss of the Day 321: Another close pass from Stagecoach bus driver

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

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New book plus 11-date stage show from The Cycling Podcast next month

The Grand Tour Diaries is published on 11 November - the same day theatre tour starts in Bristol

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Near Miss of the Day 320: Close passes “a near daily occurrence” for this cyclist

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

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Near Miss of the Day 317: Cyclist asks, “is it silly season again?” after two close passes

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

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Driver who killed Australian pro cyclist Jason Lowndes to be spared jail

Motorist attempted to send text message 68 seconds before hitting cyclist from behind

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Birmingham cyclist warns fellow riders after car passenger pushed him off bike

Incident in Edgbaston yesterday the latest of many around the country in recent months

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“Too lenient” – 30 months in jail for driver who used car as weapon against cyclist

Abdool Choonka left Craig Perrott for dead in incident in Tooting last year

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Terrorist who drove into cyclists and police at Parliament Square jailed for life

Several riders were injured by Salih Khater in rush-hour attack last August

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Luton cyclist seriously injured after crash involving police car on 999 call

Incident happened yesterday afternoon on Bedfordshire town's Montrose Avenue

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Nearly 10,000 cyclists in Netherlands fined after mobile phone ban – in four months

Law came into effect on 1 July this year

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Police appeal after Norfolk cyclist injured in double hit-and-run

Harry Rivett was hit from behind by one motorist, then another ran him over – neither stopped

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Near Miss of the Day 316: Parliament Square driver tells cyclist he should have “used the f*cking bike lane”

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

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Northern Ireland appeal judge upholds dangerous driving conviction for close pass

Patrick John Kelly told Spires CC members that he would kill them next time

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Close pass case where police told cyclist “maybe you should trade your bike in for a Hummer” ends with conviction

Cyclist was also initially accused of having a ‘vendetta’ against coach company

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Cyclists on Sunday training ride ‘left for dead’ by Usk driver who’d ‘topped up’ after eight-hour drinking session the day before

“Restarting the heart of my own sister is something I should never have had to do”

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Teenager who rode through Brighton Asda charged with dangerous cycling

Charge relates to YouTube video ‘The Maddest Day Ever In Brighton’

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