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Robbers jailed after targeting bike buyers on Facebook Marketplace

Violent robbers jailed for series of “carefully planned attacks” targeting people buying bikes from Facebook Marketplace

Greater Manchester Police said the pair were motivated by greed and targeted "innocent members of the public, that left their homes to go and buy a bike"

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Two cyclists riding on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath

“I thought my family was in danger”: Dog walker denies pushing female cyclist into canal and claims she was riding at a “ridiculous speed” and “clipped me with her handlebars”

“She was totally in the wrong. I’m just a normal working guy like anybody else, but at the moment I’m just being slandered”

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Mottram Road junction with Fern Bank

Pedestrian, 80, dies in collision with cyclist during Tour de Manc sportive

Greater Manchester Police has not made any arrests, with a witness reporting the elderly pedestrian "stepped out" into the road and was hit by a rider overtaking another participant

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Chorley New Road (Google Maps)

“I thought I’d hit a bird”: Drink driver who killed cyclist while using two mobile phones in hit-and-run crash jailed for 11 years

Van driver Robert Heyes was wanted on a warrant without bail for a previous drink-driving offence when he struck and killed cyclist Keith Brady while drinking vodka at the wheel, and continued to use his phone for 33 seconds after the fatal collision

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Cyclist hit by driver, reported to GMP

“I’m not sure what the point of reporting crime is”: Cyclist injured by motorist claims police “didn’t care” and sent driver on course as “it’s expensive to prosecute”

Greater Manchester Police insists "thorough investigation" conducted, but cyclist left questioning lack of prosecution for motorist who cut corner at junction, knocking her off bike, before leaving victim injured in the road

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Nathan Piling (Greater Manchester Police) and The Bank pub, Market Street, Bury (Google Maps)

Cyclist who punched and killed pensioner during pavement cycling row, before “cowardly” trying to flee scene, jailed for five years

Cyclist Nathan Piling angrily confronted Michael Dawson after the 78-year-old spoke to him about riding his bike on the footpath

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Sam Hughes (Greater Manchester Police)

Driver who drank bottle of vodka and took cocaine, MDMA, and cannabis before killing cyclist and fleeing scene jailed for six years and nine months

After killing a 54-year-old cyclist as he sped through a red light, Sam Hughes initially tried to deceive the police by providing a false name, before eventually pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving

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Bike thief

Thief steals e-bike from police HQ and rides away on it

Kieran Carolan handed suspended sentence after pleading guilty to theft from Greater Manchester Police premises

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TfGM Bee Network bikes (picture via TfGM)

Police recover several stolen and vandalised hire bikes within hours of transport safety operation

The action comes just a week after Transport for Greater Manchester announced plans for “targeted enforcement” to tackle significant rise in hire bike vandalism

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Bolton Crown Court (CC BY-SA 3.0/Rept0n1x/Wikimedia Commons)

Hit-and-run driver ran red light “at speed” and hit 10-year-old cyclist, avoids jail

Police later discovered Farhan Musaji's abandoned car without registration plates, the pharmacist spared jail and ordered to pay £900 compensation and a £400 fine

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