Tuesday March 9, 2010 at 9:20am
A record number of cyclists are taking to our roads today, due to a variety of factors which include the current economic climate, the effects of driving on the environment and heavy congestion on the nations roads. In the capital alone, recent reports have found that more than 545,000 cycle journeys are made every single day and as a result there has been an increase of 91% of cyclists on London’s main roads over the past eight years. The boom is set to continue as people s
Monday March 8, 2010 at 3:15pm
Andrew Howe was struck by a passing articulated lorry on 11 September 2007 while standing by his car. The High Court decided he was not at fault, in a ruling on 5 January 2010. Mr Howe sustained severe injuries including a traumatic amputation of his right leg at the thigh and degloving of his left which resulted in surgical amputation of that leg as well. He also had a crushing fracture of his pelvis, a dislocated elbow and a fracture of the clavicle. At the time of the accident