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In the news today, Catholic adoption agency Catholic Care has won the right to continue operating, without complying with the Government’s 2007 Sexual Orientation Regulations. This means they’re allowed to continue their work without offering kids to gay couples on an equal basis, which would contravene their Catholic beliefs. CC is the last of the [...]

… but his ghost must have hovered over this case. James Barton was cycling Land’s End to John O’Groats, and had reached Gretna when his satnav took him onto a motorway. This is illegal, and he was only on the motorway for a few minutes before being stopped by a police car. So far so [...]

First, read this News Article in Cycling Weekly Of all the news stories I’ve read, this has got to be one of the most disgusting. Marie Vesco was riding her bike in a straight line along the road, when a driver, who admitted he had seen Miss Vesco, overtook her while making a left turn, [...]

I’ve posted before about my thoughts on strict liability for vulnerable road users – the idea that if a motorist injures a pedestrian, cyclist etc, the presumption of fault for insurance purposes should lie on the motorist, not on the injured party. Chris Juden of the CTC staff has an interesting take on this one. [...]

Recently, an insurance case was settled, which dated back to a collision between a car and my bike in 2005. Needless to say, I’m very glad to get the whole thing done with, and even more needless to say, I’m glad that things came out my way. For those that are interested, the crash happened [...]

Common sense has prevailed. For the past fourteen years, a big procession of cyclists has ridden around London following no particular route but starting at 6pm on the last Friday of each month, to celebrate cycling. In 2005, the Met tried to impose restrictions that would effectively have shut the rides down. Today, the Law [...]