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Positive stories, useful developments and people making a difference in cycling.

Free bike checks and learn-to-ride sessions aim to get more Walsall residents cycling
Walsall Council and Cycling UK are offering free Dr Bike repairs and learn-to-ride sessions through a new project designed to make cycling easier to start or return to.
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Leicester streets turn into a free playground for bikes, art and family creativity
Open Streets returns to Leicester’s Waterside area with free adapted cycling, street art, music, workshops and family activities.

Former boxing champion takes on 1,800-mile cycle-and-swim challenge for suicide prevention
Darren Barker is travelling from Edinburgh to Morocco by bike and open-water swim to raise money for CALM in memory of Ricky Hatton.

Around 1,250 people have already volunteered to welcome the Tour de France to Wales
Around 1,250 people have registered interest in volunteering for the 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ in Wales, with more places still open.

London’s Cycleway network reaches 450km after growing fivefold in a decade
London now has 450km of signed Cycleways, five times the network it had in 2016, with around 1.5 million cycle journeys made each day.

Greater Anglia puts £350,000 behind 33 community projects, from travel buddies to mobility scooters
Thirty-three projects across the Greater Anglia network will share £350,000 for accessibility, community travel, station improvements, cycling, heritage and local tourism.

Sir Chris Hoy’s Tour de 4 returns with four ways to ride for cancer charities
Tour de 4 returns to Glasgow on 6 September with road, family and static-bike options designed to let people of different abilities take part and raise money for cancer causes.