BBC Chef Aldo Zilli, left, and his wife Nichola, right, are calling for tighter e-bike regulations after Nikki’s mother Maureen, centre, was seriously injured while crossing the road When 83-year-old Maureen Welch set off for her weekly aqua aerobics class in October, she had no idea that her life was about to drastically change. As...
Plain-clothes police officers have seized an illegal e-bike after the rider was spotted doing wheelies on Torquay pier. The bike, which had been illegally modified to reach speeds of up to 35mph without pedalling, lacked insurance and will be destroyed due to its illegal modifications, the Devon and Cornwall force has said. A privately owned...
An e-bike operator has announced plans to reduce its service in a Devon city. Beryl said while the number of bikes would remain the same at 450 in Plymouth, it would be “streamlining” its service to provide better availability in areas where they are used more since the bicycle sharing scheme was launched in March...
A police officer driving a van who followed two teenagers before they both died in an e-bike crash in Cardiff, will not face criminal charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says. The CPS said there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction. The driver of the police van, along with another officer...
An accreditation scheme could be introduced for e-bikes in Plymouth because of concerns about the behaviour of some food delivery riders and other users. E-bikes, in common with other cycles, don’t need to be registered, taxed or insured, and users don’t a licence to ride one. Chairman of the city council’s scrutiny management board John...