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Deliveroo drivers voice concerns over zero hour contracts as strikes continue

Government says employers can't ignore pay responsibilities, while union says the company is holding a "gun to the head" of workers on new zero hour contract

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Glasgow to get £6.5m segregated cycle route

Will link Victoria Road with Stockwell Street in the city centre

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Omnipresent Shanaze Reade trains the nation’s Deliveroo riders

Local newspapers reporting on training events later change tense

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Deliveroo riders protest contract changes

Firm says riders will be better off – riders disagree

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San Francisco campaigners use cones to create guerrilla bike lanes after cyclists killed

Cyclists impatient with slow progress when it comes to planned safety improvements

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Motorists on average 4kg heavier than cyclists

Research on how people travel in seven European cities provides further evidence on health benefits of cycling and walking

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TfL under fire for shelving Stamford Hill junction improvement plans

Campaigners say cyclists avoid the junction because it is so dangerous

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Video: ‘Cycling vigilante’ takes ‘Mr Loophole’ on a bike ride – but lawyer’s views haven’t changed

"Extremely worrying" views include that cyclists - and "religious people" - should be made to wear hi-vis

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Next phase of Manchester’s Oxford Road cycleway begins

Work starts tomorrow to upgrade cycling infrastructure. However, campaigners say "watered down" plans could put cyclists and pedestrians at risk

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Hammersmith gyratory to be made safer for cyclists after public express support for proposals

TfL say junction has been ‘a serious barrier’ to cycling

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100 young cyclists bring traffic to a halt on one of Birmingham’s busiest roads

Mountain bikers also ride through Bullring shopping centre

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Leicester teacher killed after taxi passenger opened door

Petition launched to allow cycling on nearby New Walk

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London truck driver swerves at cyclist who squirted water at him

Dispute said to result from truck cutting up cyclist

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Video: Nottingham Critical Mass riders help stranded motorist

Cyclists shove a car off the road – but in a good way

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Cycle Superhighway 11 gets the green light – but TfL are oddly equivocal

"We are going to find a way to make it happen," says deputy mayor for transport

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Video: Cyclist-hating truck driver deliberately soaks group of riders and publishes footage to Facebook

Warning: video contains strong language

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Cycle Superhighway decision will be “marker” for London Mayor

London Cycling Campaign says Sadiq Khan must take requests to improve North-South Cycle Superhighway extension seriously, following consultation

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Law firm to challenge decision not to prosecute driver involved in Ying Tao collision

Will also make formal complaint about ‘victim blaming’ evidence provided by collision investigator

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Video: “Anarchy” as massive group bike ride heads through Central London

Warning: video contains strong language

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Methamphetamine-carrying fraud suspect leads Seattle police on bicycle chase

The high octane multi-mile bicycle chase saw a bystander throw their bike at the suspect who was riding a stolen bicycle

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“Random” U-turn cycle lane in Nottingham criticised

Do cyclists really benefit from this?

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Video: Cardiff cyclist triggers speed camera

Tell-tale flash as rider zooms past camera on Welsh capital's Newport Road

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Cambridgeshire’s cycling champion wins commuter challenge – at 45kph?

Bike vs bus vs car race was staged as Greater Cambridge City Deal opens congestion-busting consultation

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Inflatable ‘lorry skirt’ rolling out to prevent cyclists being dragged under lorries

An inflatable skirt to prevent cyclists being dragged under lorries is being introduced in London, while a Cambridge firm upgrades its fleet

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Edinburgh Council looking into anti-skid coating for tram tracks

110 cyclist pursuing claims after being hurt in falls

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Changes to Nottingham tram route after crashes involving cyclists

Woman who fell crossing tracks says tram bosses are making the best of a bad situation

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Bikes locked up at Cambridge CyclePoint stolen after workers moved them

Note left by contractors to say bikes had been moved

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Amsterdam gets new “Bicycle Mayor”

Initiative to nominate a cycling champion for the Dutch city was set up by an NGO, that hopes more cities will follow suit

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Video: Cyclist assaulted while filming cars illegally using bike lane

A San Francisco cyclist had his camera smacked out of his hand by a motorcyclist while filming drivers in the bike lane

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Church service to bless cyclists and their bikes

St James's Church, Piccadilly, is holding its first interdenominational service for cyclists today, to bless and celebrate cycling

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