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Robbers jailed after targeting bike buyers on Facebook Marketplace

Concern criminals “making a business” out of targeting cyclists selling bikes online

“The people involved in these kinds of crimes are taking quite sophisticated steps to pose as the buyer"

Mon, Feb 16, 2026 16:07

Taxi driver who killed cyclist and blamed fatal crash on being “blinded by sun” gets six-month suspended sentence

Despite admitting being unable to see clearly "the defendant made the decision to turn right when it was unsafe to do so", hitting and killing a "highly respected" headteacher cycling to work at a local school

Tue, Nov 05, 2024 11:15

Horton Grange Road zebra crossing (screenshot @theJeremyVine/Twitter)

“I don’t want to see someone die on my doorstep”: Council urged to sort out notorious zebra crossing where near misses “happen every day”

Road safety campaigner Tahir Zeb’s CCTV cameras captured the now-viral footage of motorists hitting cyclists and pedestrians at Britain’s “most dangerous zebra crossing”

Thu, Nov 24, 2022 17:47

MP “horrified” by footage of multiple drivers hitting cyclists and pedestrians at “Britain’s most dangerous” zebra crossing

Jeremy Vine posted two videos of motorists driving into cyclists using the crossing, while there have been reports of similar incidents that have injured pedestrians

Sat, Nov 19, 2022 12:59

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

Fri, Nov 19, 2021 16:37

Work starts this spring on Bradford sports village, including cycle track

Closed circuit replaces one housed at former Richard Dunn Sports Centre in West Yorkshire city

Wed, Feb 10, 2021 13:45

Police officer blames cyclist for taxi driver close pass – road safety experts (including another traffic officer) disagree

A West Yorkshire Police officer wrongly told a cyclist his not using a cycle lane contributed to a driver's poor decision making

Tue, Jan 14, 2020 08:51

Should disused Bradford railway tunnel be filled with concrete or turned into a bike route?

Campaigners call for objections to plan to abandon Queensbury Tunnel

Sat, Jun 08, 2019 15:54

Councillor Taj Salam opens Bradford;s Canal Road Cyclewayy (picture credit CityConnect).PNG

New cycleway opens in Yorkshire – but council’s cycling champion“disappointed” by “irresponsible” cyclists who chose to ride on road instead

Criticism of riders choosing not to use infrastructure may reflect misconceptions of laws applying to cyclists

Sun, May 26, 2019 19:25

Is Transport for London doing enough to keep cycle routes free of snow?

Positive reports on effectiveness of airport runway de-icer being used on Leeds-Bradford Cycle Superhighway

Sat, Mar 03, 2018 11:43