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Driver who failed roadside eyesight test given suspended sentence for killing cyclist returning home from cycling club ride

Police found 83-year-old James Wardle was unable to read a number plate 20 metres away, the driver having failed to see Glyn Straw, colliding with him from behind and causing him to go over the roof of the car

Mon, Jul 01, 2024 10:42

“A pointless waste of time and taxpayers’ money”: Bike shop owner slams cycle lane claiming it forced him to shut down business

Sondec Cycles owner told council the “general public won’t be convinced to give up their cars” in a hilly place like Rotherham

Sun, Dec 24, 2023 14:53

“Proper cyclists don’t need cycle lanes”: Locals blast “woke” bike lane works, as rugby club claims fans can’t get to matches during “chaos”

“What they are trying to do is make a Holland of us. It’s one of those woke agenda schemes,” one business owner said

Fri, Sep 29, 2023 14:35

Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Car passenger pushes pensioner from bike – then steals it

70-year-old victim lay on ground, unable to move, as bicycle was taken in Rotherham robbery

Thu, Jan 28, 2021 12:53

Marin Bikes suffers £30,000 theft from van in Rotherham

Incident occurred just a few miles from another major bike theft that occurred last month

Sat, Dec 09, 2017 13:21

Bike route Rotherham you can’t get a bike through-large

Chicanes on bike lanes – why are we still building this rubbish? ask frustrated campaigners

A chicane on a popular Hackney canal-park route and a cycle route in a new town near Rotherham you can't get a bike through

Sun, Jul 19, 2015 09:30

Supertram – Flickr Creative Commons – mwmbwls

Bikes banned from Sheffield-Rotherham trams in a blow for integrated transport

Risk assessment claims bikes could dirty passengers' clothes or 'become a projectile'

Sat, Nov 02, 2013 16:43