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Council admin worker, 24, who spent £200 a day on cocaine stole £6,000 from his employers to pay off his drug debts in cycle to work scheme voucher scam, court hears Council-worker John Buckley, 24, submitted cycle to work scheme vouchers Buckley approved 6 fraudulent cycle to work scheme vouchers for himself The vouchers, totaling … Read more
Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown he has been doing seven loads of laundry a day, as well as a variety of household tasks, including sewing, cooking and mopping the floor. But Clooney isn’t the first silver-screen hero to be a master of domestic chores… Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown … Read more
Is this the stupidest cycle lane in Britain? New path for bikes runs WRONG way up tiny one way street The 100m cycle lane has been put into place in Bradford upon Avon, Wiltshire It is so narrow, vehicle have no choice but to cross into the designated cycle lane Local John Boyce said: ‘It … Read more
Bandit the pet ferret survives being put through full 100-minute washing machine cycle Bandit was given a 1 per cent chance of survival after he sneaked into a machine He was in Josh Crosse and Jackie Redfern’s machine and had a 100-minute wash He was taken to Vets4Pets Leeds Colton from his home in Halton, West … Read more
Me: ‘I’m cycling in the Lake District on Sunday.’ Mate: ‘Sweet – where in the Lake District?’ Me: ‘All of it.’ That’s the allure of the 113-mile Fred Whitton Challenge, a one-day circular cycle ride held every May – it takes in pretty much the whole of the Lake District, including every significant Cumbrian col. … Read more
A Green Party councillor was hit by a van while riding her bike in an unpopular cycle lane she voted for. Hannah Clare was using the Covid cycle lane in Hove when a white van turning into a petrol station knocked her off her bicycle. The deputy leader of Brighton council said she has been left … Read more
Most people cycle for exercise or to get to the office or shops. But there is the option to use pedal power for a grander purpose – to see the world and change your life. Just like couple Tristan Bogaard and Belen Castello have done. They have spent the past three years on an epic … Read more
Sadiq Khan’s ‘Streetspace’ scheme was ‘seriously flawed’ and ‘took advantage of the pandemic’ to push through ‘radical’ and permanent changes to London’s roads and should be quashed, the High Court ruled today. The judgement followed a legal challenge by organisations representing black cab drivers who were angry about being banned from a new bus-only route … Read more
Mass testing of whole regions is being considered by No10 to help bring the hated cycle of lockdowns to an end by the spring. Testing could be used to move the worst-hit areas of the UK down the tiers, which could be implemented as the third national shutdown ends. One idea under consideration is to … Read more
Motorists slam new ‘overly-elaborate’ nautical-themed road markings aimed at encouraging cycling as a ‘shocking waste of money’ and a distraction to drivers Officials in Poole painted dolphins and sea shells along busy stretch of the A350 The nautical decorations help guide pedestrians and cyclists around the town But safety groups fear the brightly-coloured markings could … Read more