Eilidh Murray

YouTube video by The Eager Cyclist How to Cycle with Children on the Road | 6. FOCUS: Promoting independence | SHOOTERS HILL TO ELTHAM

⛅ With the weather threatening to start improving, it might soon be time to get the kids bikes out again...

With that in mind, here's a good refresher from The Eager Cyclist, on how to cycle safely with them 👉 youtu.be/lU0i8KIAFJg?...

Three people in casual business attire stand on a stage with a book 'Women Changing Cities'.

Last night in Berlin, we didn't just share the inspiring work of changemaker Keisha Mayuga—as featured in the Manila chapter of 'Women Changing Cities'—we shared the stage with her as well.

Sometimes all cities need is one person to ask “Why can’t we do that here?” After that, anything is possible!

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

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The hotspots where Lime e-bikes clog up London streets In some boroughs the rental firm has more than double its agreed limit, fuelling complaints of blocked pavements and residents sick of the clutter

There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.

Last Sunday, two bicycles were mistakenly taken from outside of a home on Hervey Park Road by a couple and a man. The owner of the bike and his young son – who were briefly inside his house - knows it was a mistake because a neighbour overheard the couple and the man wonder if the bikes had been left out as freecyles. They were propped up against the wall outside their home. This happened between 1130-1230pm on Sunday, February 89 and the bikes are: * A light blue child’s Forme Kinder (this was wheeled away by a couple aged in their 50s or 60s. A woman with blonde hair and a man who was balding). * A black adult’s Ridgeback bicyle (this was wheeled away in the opposite direction, towards Forest Road, by a tall young man with blonde hair) If you’re one these people, or if this rings any bells, please get in touch. The owner and his son have an email they can be reached on: Missingbikes75@gmail.com

** Walthamstow people/cycling types **
Can you help a friend track down his bike and that of his son which were taken from outside their house last Sunday, 8 Feb? They were, very cheekily, taken by people who thought they were being freecycled. Any clues - email in the attached text.

Pls share.

Go go @cyclingmikey.bsky.social - and thank you for all your efforts

More than 250 people die each year in UK drink-drive crashes. Every death leaves a devastated family. Soft drinks are available. Surely no responsible pub needs a drink-driver’s trade? Anyone arguing for a different drink-drive position should meet with a bereaved family and see the lifelong impact.

Coward-in-Chief

#BoneSpurs

'Noisy' e-bike rider chased by angry man with pogo stick who then mowed him down Grimsby Crown Court was told the rider's injuries were so bad 'it took three teams at hospital to put him back together'

This is a unremittingly grim tale.
Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge.
Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle.
The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...

Photo of people cycling indoors in a hall. In the front of the image is a white girl with blonde hair on a red tricycle. To her right is a white woman with dark hair and wearing a high vis orange vest. She is also on a tricycle and is smiling. Next to her is a black man with a blue top and blue flat cap on a tricycle. In the background are a couple of people in high vis vests and some more cyclists.

Looking for something to do this half-term? Then come along to one of our inclusive cycle sessions at the Ladywell Centre in Lewisham.

Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.

Here in Islington, they've stalled a bit recently after some really welcome LTNs were installed in spite of usual noisy minority noise - hope they will speed up after local elections in May Keep at it !

Epstein victims demand US time limit on sex trafficking cases be dropped Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s Law’ to remove barriers for survivors of sexual violence from seeking justice

Isn’t it time we changed the language of “sex trafficking”? Instead use “Rape trafficking”. Sex implies consent. There is none. This is rape, coercion and abuse of vulnerable people. Our language should reflect the harm inflicted. Words matter.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.

➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...

In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.

Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.

The rise in serious injuries makes the publication of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Action Plan 2 all the more urgent.

We need every tool in the book to reduce danger on London’s roads and provide viable alternatives to driving with safe crossings, bike lanes, speed limits and a huge culture shift.

As in piece, most London collisions with those cycling remain mostly about 'driver error'. To eliminate those, we need enforced 20mph & joined up network of safe cycle routes: cycle tracks, LTNs, crossings, junctions etc. That's what cuts collisions fastest, although rider behaviour also important.

Where does this leave Vision Zero ?

Good luck Laura - am still a total beginner at punctures 🫢

The cost:benefit ratio of alternatives is usually vastly higher but we fetishise road schemes. They’re bigger and more glamorous than subsidising a local bus or making a safe cycle route from a commuter town to a city & they don’t satisfy the car lobby’s endless demands for ever more roadspace

Banning cyclists from roads over 25mph — with criminal penalties, even imprisonment — would have been one of the worst laws in history. Active travel saves lives, improves health and cuts congestion. Focus on the real risk: dangerous driving. Cyclists cause under 1% of fatal crashes.

Utter bollocks as usual. My team and I are more productive at home than we ever were in the office.
It really helps work life balance too.

Farage is looking out for billionaire office block owners, not the workers who would be forced to return to them.

Ohh lovely. May reissue my postcard series....

Kingston family-friendly spring bike ride - London Cycling Campaign GIVE YOUR CYCLING CONFIDENCE A SPRING BOOST Join Kingston Cycling Campaign and local friends on Sunday 8 March 2026 for a fun-filled ride through the borough – and beyond! This […]

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 - 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝟴 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛: All welcome as Kingston's next family-friendly group ride explores 4 boroughs in just 6.5 miles! Starting from Manor Park, what better way to give your cycling confidence a spring boost & celebrate International Women's Day. Free sign up on tiny.cc/FunRideMarch26

A blue and white tram glides past a historic windmill in Delft, the Netherlands. Both are reflected in a canal against a deep blue sky.

Seven years ago this week, our family reduced our earthly possessions to a few suitcases and swapped the peaks of Vancouver for the lowlands of Delft.

Not one of us regrets the life-changing move, as we continue to reap the rewards of a place rich in mobility choices and refreshingly short on cars.

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It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber It takes 30 seconds

Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
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Cargo bike outside shop

Cargo 4-wheeler outside shop

This Builder’s Merchant and DIY shop in Hackney hasn’t moaned about LTNs - instead it switched to cargo bike delivery, saving time money and environment. 👏 Kts4diy.co.uk

A blush ?

🧐 Is the TfL money ring-fenced ?
🧐 Who makes decisions about how and on what exactly it's spent ?
🧐 Will it have to be returned if not spent ?

Suppose after the local elections we might get answers but good to at least ask now. Maybe candidates in local election could do some digging ...