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Bike vigilante Cycling Mikey returns to scene where he pushed his bike in front of a car to perform same stunt AGAIN
Controversial vigilante cyclist Cycling Mikey returned to the scene where he pushed his bike in front of a car to perform the same stunt again. The biker, whose real name is Michael Van Erp, this week uploaded a five-minute clip showing him wheeling his bicycle into a car as the driver tried to pass roadworks on Paddenswick Road in Hammersmith. As his bike lay smashed into several pieces on the road, Cycling Mikey continued to block cars with his body to prevent another driver passing through. Today, he returned to the same spot again to stop drivers getting past, blocking the road and wagging his finger at anyone who disobeyed him. As one grey car travelled down the road, Cycling Mikey drove in front of it to act as a barrier, forcing the driver to turn around as he told them off with a hand gesture. At one point, a Tesco delivery lorry spotted the vigilante cyclist and decided to turn back, receiving a thumbs up from a pleased Cycling Mikey as a result. The lorry driver then shouted back 'are you Cycling Mikey?' to which the cyclist replied, 'I am, you're all good mate, you're all good'. At the end of the clip, he wrote: 'These drivers were all a lot more reasonable than the crazy Fiat driver you all saw Sunday and yesterday. 'They're still in the wrong and should not be driving like this. The good thing is that there were quite a few drivers who did not even try to run the No Entry. Well done and a high five to those!' Mr Van Erp, 52, rides through London with his GoPro as he attempts to catch drivers on their phones - before confronting them on video and taking their number plate. The road safety warrior claims to have caught more than 2,000 offenders since first strapping on his 'helmet-cam' back in 2006 - with his motoring victims including Frank Lampard and Chris Eubank. But the cyclist - who works as a carer and roller-skating instructor - was last year caught out by his own cameras as he pedalled over a London crossing despite the lights being red. After the incident which saw his bike crushed, the activist picked up the damaged parts scattered along the road in west London. Mike Van Erp, 50, better known by his YouTube name, Cycling Mikey, rides around London with a GoPro to catch drivers using their phones - often in traffic jams or by red lights - before confronting them on video and noting down their number plate Mr van Erp told The Telegraph: 'I did not throw the bike at his car. 'I did not go out with the intention of a collision. 'I just wanted to block him, but his unexpectedly savage acceleration and my slightly late reaction meant we ended up on a collision course.' The cyclist vigilante regularly records and reports incidents, as well as keeping track of their eventual conclusion. Mr Van Erp routinely catches motorists committing road offences, including using their mobile phones behind the wheel - and even once caught a driver inhaling nitrous oxide.
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Volunteer Met Police knew rape victim was young, court told
A Metropolitan Police volunteer told his alleged rape victim he wanted to have sex with her despite knowing she was "so young" that she was still interested in teddy a police interview, she said she was 12 when James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, first attacked 27-year-old is on trial at Amersham Law Courts, accused of grooming and raping her, and of raping another woman and using police restraint techniques while performing sex defendant, of High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, denies all charges. Prosecutor Richard Milne explained to the court on Monday that the defendant and the alleged victims would be referred to by their biological sex throughout the trial when discussing the a police interview played to the court on Tuesday, the alleged victim told officers she was "frozen" when the defendant attempted to engage in sexual activity with her in public shortly before her 13th told officers although she had pretended to be five years older, a number of incidents would have made the defendant aware she was under the age of court heard how the pair had met in person at a Christian festival where Mr Bubb was working as a volunteer steward and she was wearing a colour-coded child's wristband, which was clearly on alleged victim said that when they met alone: "He was really paranoid, looking around constantly."She added: "We were in a relationship in my eyes but I was being hidden whenever we were in public."I was actually so young at that point that I had a teddy bear in my tent. He knew at the time that I was very much interested in things like teddies." When he spoke of entering her tent she told him she was uncomfortable, she told recalled: "I believe he sent me a text on Snapchat at that point and he said he was probably going to come into my tent either way - maybe while I was sleeping."I remember being scared that night."She went on to speak about how Mr Bubb was violent during sex and had put his hands around her throat when they first had other times, he would punch her or speak of raping her, the court heard. The defendant has denied one count of rape in relation to one complainant and two counts of rape, two counts of sexual activity with a child, one count of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, one count of rape of a child under 13 and one count of assault by penetration in relation to the other the alleged offences are said to have taken place between 1 January 2018 and 2 April trial continues. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
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Knife crime and other offences fall in London, says Sir Sadiq Khan
Sir Sadiq Khan has admitted there is a "long way to go" when it comes to fighting crime in London, despite figures suggesting a potential drop in some serious mayor says new City Hall data shows knife crime dropped by 19% between April and June this year compared with the same period last year, while the number of residential burglaries, personal thefts and personal robberies also some offences, such as possession of weapons, rape and drug trafficking, all increased in that recorded crime has increased by 31.5 % in the Metropolitan Police area of London in the last 10 years, with violent crime increasing by 40%, according to official crime data. The data from the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - which is not yet publicly available - appears to show annual falls in:Theft from a person from 25,272 to 21,937 (13%)Robbery of personal property from 7,106 to 6,209 (13%)Residential burglary from 7,974 to 7,144 (10%)The mayor of London said: "The latest figures show robbery, theft, residential burglary and knife crime are down in London, but there's still a long way to go before I'm satisfied."Backed with record funding from City Hall, the Met is putting high-visibility policing at the heart of fighting crime." 'Crime is up' According to the Office for National Statistics, many crimes recorded against people increased between the years ending June 2015 and March 2025, including violence against the person (40%), possession of offensive weapons (23%), sexual offences (75%) and theft from the person (207%).Reform UK Assembly Member Alex Wilson told the Local Democracy Reporting Service : "If Sadiq Khan thinks London is getting more safe, he needs to get out more. "The idea he points to incremental changes in just a few categories is ridiculous.""The long-term trends under Sadiq Khan are clear: knife crime is up, theft is up, shoplifting is up, fare evasion is up, phone thefts at the highest ever seen, and just 2% of burglaries in outer London result in a charge or analysis of the figures comes soon after the Metropolitan Police laid out proposals to close almost half of police station front counters in London - a move critics said would have a "devastating" impact on Met's commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has said despite funding increases, the forces faces a £260m shortfall and will have to reduce its he said the force was becoming "more capable" and was focused on "driving down crime on issues that matter most to Londoners".The Mayor of London has pledged a policing blitz on London's 20 most blighted town centres for shoplifting, robbery, knife crime and antisocial behaviour this summer.
