Entries Tagged as ‘Cycling’

September 12, 2009

Mayor Boris okays permanent Ghost-bike memorial

 Sunday 5th September a ghost-bike was fixed to a railing in Notting Hill Gate.
It’s there for many reasons, the main one being to mark the death of yet another London cyclist, Eilidh Jake Cairns.
Eilidh was killed by a tipper lorry near this spot. The lack of any witnesses meant the driver has not been prosecuted. 
The [...]

March 9, 2009

Cyclist crushed by lorry at Notting Hill Gate

London does next to nothing for cyclists. It does so little it might as well be nothing. Other cities in Europe put London to shame.
Two cyclists were killed recently on High Street Kensington, one crushed by a lorry. Another was crushed by a lorry at Holborn. The Driver in the Holborn incident didn’t even know [...]