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Police Officer of the Year borrows bike to chase down burglar

Cop who borrowed passing cyclist’s bike to catch thief wins Police Officer of the Year award

Footage of pursuit went viral and was even featured on Gogglebox after PC Paddy Connell swapped his squad car for a drop bar

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BBC e-bike Panorama – wheelie

Cycle routes “painted on our pavements” blamed as campaigner calls for crackdown on “30mph” illegal e-bikes “before someone is killed”

Labour MP Gill Furniss says she will work with the police to “press for safety for pedestrians” after one activist claimed she experiences near misses involving the illegally modified machines “several times” a week

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Glyn Straw (South Yorkshire Police/family)

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

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Dangerous driver Paul Yates jailed for killing father and son (South Yorkshire Police)

Hit-and-run driver who killed father and son as they cycled together jailed for 12 years

Paul Yates overtook another vehicle and lost control, killing Dean Jones and his 16-year-old son, the driver walking over to the critically injured cyclists before fleeing the scene and causing another collision a short time later

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Ecclesall Road South, Whirlow (Google Maps)

“Intimidating” cyclist angered by close passes should be investigated by police, claim mum and daughter… who both admit close passing rider

The pair accused the cyclist of "targeting motorists" and becoming "aggressive" when close passed — the mother who says she "pulled in a bit" to avoid a traffic island claiming it "should work both ways" as cyclists "close pass" cars when filtering

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Ed Clancy joins South Yorkshire Police close pass operation (Ed Clancy/Twitter)

Three-time Olympic champion Ed Clancy joins police close pass operation

Now in his role as South Yorkshire Active Travel Commissioner, Clancy joined South Yorkshire Police targeting drivers who overtake cyclists too closely

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Royston Road, Cudworth (Google Maps)

Murder suspect in deaths of father and son killed while cycling released on bail

Investigation continues into fatal hit-and-run crash in Barnsley last month

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Royston Road, Cudworth (Google Maps)

Father and son named as cyclists killed in suspected hit-and-run

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the incident in South Yorkshire on Friday

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Royston Road, Cudworth (Google Maps)

Motorist arrested after two cyclists killed in suspected hit-and-run

A 37-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a car was found abandoned a mile from the scene of the fatal collision

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bikes collage – via South Yorkshire Police

Police search for gang of off-road motorbikers who surrounded cyclist and sprayed her with mud

"This was yet another example of the minority giving the majority of law abiding motorcyclists a bad name," said a South Yorkshire Police officer

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