Somerset

Cyclists accuse politicians of “riding crest of populist wave” after MP claims new one-way system is “clogging up roads” and ruining town

Conservative MP Ashley Fox has launched a petition calling for Bridgwater’s recently installed one-way system to be reversed, but local cycling campaigners say the new layout “favours pedestrians and cyclists – as it should”

Mon, Oct 27, 2025 13:49
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Council shuts down cyclists’ calls for “urgent repairs” to “slippery and very uneven surface” at notorious cobbled roundabout, as ‘no funding available’ despite crashes

Local cycling campaign tells council "many cyclists have told us that they find this junction scary" due to surface, but only minor repairs could be funded

Mon, Jan 06, 2025 17:40
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“People who cycle don’t use cycle paths because they aren’t very safe”: Plans for traffic-free cycle route criticised due to prospect of dog walkers and pedestrians “having to jump out of the way of cyclists trying to do Personal Best times”

“We aren’t going to get people cycling down there at 30mph weaving in and out of people with pushchairs”

Fri, Aug 16, 2024 14:38
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Council receives £400,000 funding for cycling routes, but no indication of plans leaves active travel future in doubt

Somerset County Council is yet to confirm when and where new and improved active travel schemes will be implemented

Tue, Apr 02, 2024 13:10
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Cyclists, 13, have bikes stolen after being “deliberately driven at” and threatened

Avon and Somerset Police said the teenagers were unharmed but left shaken following the incident

Tue, Feb 07, 2023 10:53
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“Get smoked boys”: Driver filmed ‘rolling coal’ at cyclists

A lorry driver from Somerset posted the video of a motorist ‘rolling coal’ at two cyclists on a country lane

Sat, Jan 29, 2022 16:12
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Police hunt Land Rover driver after Somerset cyclist pushed from his bike

Rider sustained minor injuries in incident following collision

Wed, Aug 12, 2020 14:02
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Naked cyclist spotted riding through Somerset thunderstorm

It wasn’t just the lightning that was flashing in the southwest last night

Sun, Apr 22, 2018 19:39
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Four cyclists in hospital after driver hits group ride from behind

Incident happened last Thursday lunchtime near Yeovil

Tue, Nov 28, 2017 12:52
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Rare plastic Itera bike stolen from Bakelite Museum

The Itera bicycle, stolen from the West Somerset museum, is known as a 'great failure of bike design' but has its place in cycling history

Fri, Aug 04, 2017 11:47
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