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Ladysmith Junior School Exeter

Head teacher of school in Exeter low traffic neighbourhood urges parents to take care after pupil knocked off bike

“Putting the children at risk is not acceptable,” says Neil Williams of Ladysmith Junior School

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Outride Riding For Focus Initiative picture credit outridebike.org)

US study finds that cycling programmes at school boost mental health

“It was really encouraging to see such a positive student response,” say researchers

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Bath parents launch petition for safe cycle routes to school

Petition also calls for staggered start times to ease bus overcrowding and highlights ticket price problems

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London school makes pupils who cycle put number plates on bikes

Head teacher of Stanley Park High in Carshalton says move will enable antisocial cyclists to be identified

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LeBron James (left) on Wheels for Education ride (via State Farm on Flickr)

Free bikes for every student at NBA star LeBron James’s school for at-risk kids

Basketball legend and keen cyclist says bike helped him avoid rougher areas when he was growing up

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Bikeability Training at Manchester City FC (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk)

More than half of parents agree cycle training should be added to National Curriculum

News comes as Halfords and Bikeability Trust announce three year sponsorship deal

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Cycling UK urges: “Stop making cycling to school difficult”

Charitty responds after several schools across England impose rules on students wanting to get there by bike

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Kids on bikes (CC licensed image by Anne and Tim:Flickr)

‘Stark’ increase in childhood obesity prompts Cycling UK to renew call to get more kids cycling

Just two per cent of British children cycle to school compared to 50 per cent in the Netherlands

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Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, approaching turn into Steiner Academy (source Google Street View).PNG

Exeter school run parents talk of the abuse they receive from motorists while cycling

Intimidating driving and even physical assaults have left some too scared to ride bike to school

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Kids caught cycling anti-socially face exclusion from Birmingham school

Head teacher delivers “hard-hitting assembly” and says disciplinary action will be taken against pupils breaking the law

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