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Cyclists in London may want to consider taking out bike insurance following a surge in burglaries in the city. Courts are charging people with burglary and then releasing them on bail, according to the Metropolitan Police. Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, explained that this puts ordinary citizens at risk as...

Ariana Noon, from Scarborough, has been rewarded for her efforts to promote road safety among cyclists by being given a brand new bicycle. She designed a poster encouraging those with bike cover to stay safe while cycling on the town’s roads, with headteacher Phil Snowden saying that he was proud of her efforts. "The project involved the...

Current European biofuel policy is likely to cause more harm than good because it fails to account for the environmental impact of indirect land use change (ILUC) when calculating the greenhouse gas benefits of biofuels, according to the report, ‘Biofuels : Handle With Care’ When farm land is converted for biofuel production, it is highly...

The mass cycle hire scheme due to be introduced in London next year may encourage a spate of bike crime, according to reports. New figures reveal that in the two years since it was launched, the Velib hire scheme in Paris, has had 8,000 of its bikes stolen, while a further 18,000 have been damaged beyond repair. The scheme currently...

The latest design of electric bicycle from Germany offers a performance better than that of many small petrol scooters. Power-assisted bicycles are a rapidly expanding area of the electric vehicle market and high-performance designs, described in legal terms as ‘E-motorbikes’, are hoping to capitalise on this. The GRACE looks much like any...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that novice cyclists had to make do with a school playground and a line of cones when learning to ride, but Honda this week unveiled a bicycle simulator designed to teach safety skills away from busy roads. The Honda Bicycle Simulator reproduces a variety of road conditions in order to teach the relevant road...

Much maligned by other road users, ‘white van man’ is to undergo an environmental makeover in 2016, when new fuel efficiency standards for vans are to be introduced across Europe. Under the new legislation, the average new van will emit 175g CO2/km – a 14% improvement on the 2007 level of 203 g/km. The emissions figures relate to unladen...

A teenager from Wiltshire has been left "gutted" after becoming a victim of bike theft. Jack Webb of Calne had used a padlock to secure his £1,500 bike, but the thief still managed to steal it in the middle of the afternoon from outside a high street bank. "I was gone for about 50 minutes and when I got back I found the bike had been...

Surrey Police are stepping up their efforts in tackling bike theft. A series of cycle surgeries are being held by officers across Runnymede following a surge in bike theft. "These cycle security surgeries offer members of the public an excellent opportunity to learn how to not become a victim of bicycle theft … I would advise anyone who is...

The mother of a bike theft victim in Cheshire is calling for more security to prevent the same ordeal from happening again. Kath Wheawell’s 14-year-old son Adam had his bike stolen along with another from outside Bewsey Farm Community Centre. Adam, who suffers from autism, was at an Army Cadets meeting when the incident took place. Mrs...