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Crescent Bridge, Peterborough with (since removed) temporary cycle lane – 2021

“They are wrong”: Mayor denounces council cycle lane plan as a return to “chaos”; Councillor baffled that cyclocross used “the green areas” of park; Olympic champion Kenny backs new velodrome proposal in West Midlands + more on the live blog

Callum is here, happy, healthy and alive, and scrambling to plan his last Christmas presents. In the meantime, the blog must go on...

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oxon travel cycle lane picture – via twitter.PNG

“Dangerous” and “disgraceful” cycle lane and zebra crossing terrifies residents; Simon Yates “would love to” return to Giro d’Italia as 2026 route unveiled; Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling announced + more on the live blog

Callum is here, still mentally recovering from the ordeal of watching the Giro d'Italia route presentation yesterday, to bring you the bite-size best bits from the internet

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Wheel from stolen bike © Simon MacMichael.JPG

Serial bike thief with more than 100 prior convictions jailed for nine months

Kevin Davis's latest one-man crimewave included arriving at Peterborough United's training ground on one bike and leaving on another he stole there

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Voi e-bike

‘Temporary pause’ to Peterborough e-bike scheme due to persistent vandalism

Anyone with information is being urged to contact police

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Lower Bridge Street, Peterborough (via StreetView)

Peterborough ditches firm that was enforcing cycling ban and keeping all the fines

Kingdom Services Group fined over 1,000 people for cycling in a year

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Cyclist riding through pedestrian area – image via Graeme Paterson on Flickr.jpg

Human rights lawyer concerned that wardens enforcing PSPOs may have incentive to issue as many cycling fines as possible

Thousands being punished for “entirely innocuous actions” according to Lib Dem peer

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Lower Bridge Street, Peterborough (via StreetView)

‘Is cycling ban just a money-making exercise?’ asks man fined for cycling in Peterborough

Enforcement firm keeps the money it collects as part of its contract

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Lower Bridge Street, Peterborough (via StreetView)

Enforcement firm rakes in £80,000 in fines for unauthorised cycling in Peterborough

Council planning to set up its own company to collect the fines

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Pedestrian zone cyclist.JPG

Almost 1,000 cyclists fined under Peterborough’s Public Space Protection Order – in just three months

Controversial legislation bans people from riding bikes on city’s Bridge Street

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Rhubarb Bridge junction in Peterborough (Google Maps).JPG

Campaign launched to replace landmark cycling and walking bridge in Peterborough

News that Cambridgeshire city’s Rhubarb Bridge faces chop and council plans to use crossings instead sparks safety fears

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