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Video: Chris Boardman urges people to support British Cycling and AA’s petition calling for change to Highway Code to prevent ‘left hooks’

More than 18,000 people have signed petition aimed at protecting people on foot and on bikes

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Transport Scotland ‘refreshes’ Cycling Action Plan

Only 1.2 per cent of journeys are made by bike with a target of 10 per cent by 2020

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New Forest cycle event charter “seems to have stood the test of time,” says report

However, late re-routing of an event last year reignited tensions that led to charter's creation

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‘Cycle lane sceptic’ MP objects to characterisation of logistics sector as “evil, diesel fume-belching demonic brotherhood”

Says bikes cannot replace other forms of delivery

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France makes cycle helmets compulsory for children aged 11 and under

New law will come into effect from 22 March

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Boardman: I’ll show transport secretary Grayling what it really means to be a road user

Transport minister says he hasn’t cycled since he was a student

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan clarifies cycle superhighway ‘pollution’ comments

Was focusing only on construction phase

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“No place for attitudes such as Mr Grayling’s” says West Midlands police chief

Transport Minister’s comments have drawn a chorus of disapproval

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French MP’s call to criminalise mechanical doping rejected

Secretary of state for sport says government will produce report on the issue by the end of the year

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Gritting of London Cycle Superhighways – a case of hit or miss?

TfL prepares Red Routes for winter weather, but much of CS1 missing from Hackney's gritter lorry route

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Transport secretary Chris Grayling ignites fresh row by claiming cyclists aren’t road users

“I feel embarrassed for him,” says British Cycling policy advisor Chris Boardman, who has invited politician on a bike ride

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Taxi protest over Bank junction branded ‘misguided’

Cycling and walking charities baffled over taxi protests to closure of Bank junction to all but buses, bikes and pedestrians during the day as journey times set to improve

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Madrid mayor plans to ban private cars from city’s main shopping street

Spanish capital follows cities including Barcelona and Paris in restricting vehicles to tackle air pollution

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MP who criticised cycling event beats Tube strike … on a bike

Monmouth MP David Davies accused Velothon Wales organisers of lying back in 2015

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Senior MP asks whether ‘loss of tarmac’ for cycle lanes is causing London’s congestion problems as Government launches urban congestion inquiry

Granny’s in need of a few egg-sucking tips

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6,000 say no to whiplash compensation law changes that would stop injured cyclists recovering costs

Cycling and walking charities say increasing small claims limit to £5 000 would make it impossible for cyclists and pedestrians to recover costs in 70% of injury cases

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Paris mayor: 2017 will be the year of the bicycle

Mayor Anne Hidalgo will bring forward measures to double cycle provision and halve motor traffic by 2020 to tackle the city's dangerous air pollution

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Pothole repair bill could reach £14bn by 2019

Local Government Association says 2017 could be ‘tipping point’ for the problem

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Donald Trump emerges as unlikely champion of bike couriers

President-elect says hacking means sensitive information is best sent by hand - but ex-White House cybercrime adviser disagrees

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Rio cyclists recognised in New Year Honours List

The Kennys, Clancy and Cundy among 18 Rio athletes handed gongs this year

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MP says British Cycling has no paper trail for Wiggins package

Commons committee unlikely to hear more witnesses until after Ukad inquiry

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Justice for Cyclists: inquiry seeks evidence from cyclists

The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group is investigating whether the justice system is failing cyclists and letting drivers off lightly for collisions

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Sunday Times: Rod Liddle wasn’t condoning ‘dooring’ cyclists – he was just using “heavy irony”

Newspaper’s response dismays charity Cycling UK and widow of cyclist killed in dooring incident

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Cycling UK demands Sunday Times retracts and apologises for Rod Liddle column praising transport secretary for dooring a cyclist

Charity slams "inflammatory and dangerous" comments by controversial columnist

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Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford tried to kill Bradley Wiggins Dauphiné package story claims journalist who broke it

Daily Mail's Matt Lawton claims Team Sky boss tried to kill story for fear it would mean "end of Team Sky"; Brailsford must go says David Walsh of Sunday Times

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Sir Dave Brailsford reveals the medicine contained in package for Sir Bradley Wiggins at 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné

Team Sky boss answers MPs' questions after British Cycling bosses declined to do so this morning

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Proposed Coventry cycling ban “latest abuse of public space ASBOs” says Cycling UK

Proposed Public Space Protection Order to ban cycling in what was once a global hub for cycle manufacturing is latest use of the legislation to criminalise legal behaviour, says Cycling UK

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Former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group writes to Prime Minister about Grayling incident

Says Grayling is guilty of at least one traffic offence and asks what action will be taken

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Cycling UK suggests Chris Grayling should be prosecuted for dooring incident

Charity’s plea for ‘dooring’ offence to be treated more seriously recently rejected

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London mayor Sadiq Khan unveils fresh CS11 plans – but Andrew Gilligan slams them as “a dog’s dinner”

Former cycling commissioner says delay in decision on closing gates at Regent's Park “is a pretty bad sign”

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