Cycling

Suspension bridge on Japan's Shimanami Kaido cycling route (Credit: Alamy)

Japan's spectacular island-hopping bike trail

The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as one of the world's most incredible bike journeys.

Travel

A planter blocks the entrance to a street. It has a sign on it which says 'ROAD OPEN TO' and then has various pictures of people walking, scooting, cycling and travelling in a wheelchair. Next to the planter is a marking of a bike on the road, indicating a cycle lane.

Incentives to boost support for low traffic scheme

The council is offering bus tickets and bike vouchers to people living in the east Bristol zone.

Bristol

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A shot of an empty M5 taken from a bridge

Gloucestershire transport schemes get £14m funding

A trio of councils allocate millions of pounds towards improvements on the M5 and elsewhere.

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Gloucestershire

Cyclists 'felt safe' in Rwanda despite security concerns

Cyclists, organisers and fans tell the BBC there were no security issues on the Tour du Rwanda, despite fighting across the border in DR Congo.

Africa Sport

A man on a large white electric cargo bike is stood with four other people, including a man on a smaller black cargo bike.

Electric cargo bike delivery scheme extended

The project offers businesses zero-emission deliveries to destinations within Oxford's ring road.

Oxfordshire

Three people - a woman wearing a hi-vis and black trousers and yellow cycle helmet, a man wearing an orange jacket, dark blue jeans and a beanie, and a woman wearing a purple coat, pink and grey hi-vis, light blue jeans and pink cycle helmet - stand next to their bikes on the Kepax footbridge, with temporary barriers either side of them.

This is a £16m bridge to nowhere, say cyclists

A path linking one side of the bridge to Worcester city centre is impassable, some cyclists claim.

Hereford & Worcester

Susanna Pressel has medium length grey hair and glasses. She is wearing a purple coat and hi-vis jacket. She is stood in front of a road with a coach travelling on it.

Calls to resurface 'appalling' city centre street

The section of Queen Street in Oxford currently has uneven paving and Tarmac.