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SIR – Margaret Scaldwell, who was put in a coma after she was hit by an e-bike (report, February 4), calls for controls on them and e-scooters. Having been forced off the pavement by a scooter recently, I agree with her. In a misguided attempt at reducing carbon emissions, many councils have designated parts of their pavements as cycle paths. This is despite the fact that cycling on the pavement is still illegal. E-scooters, unless part of council trial schemes, are classed as motor vehicles, an

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Niall Thompson, 25, raced through a 30mph limit residential area in the busy town centre of Loughborough before finally getting caught after attempting to evade police in the 12-mile chase.

The flooding has been across the country. this is the live flood map on the government website and we have looked at how different parts of the country have been impacted by the flooding in the past few days. in leicestershire, this in but was swept away by flood water in barrow upon soar nottinghamshire county council issued warnings to ten communities across the region as the water reached historic levels. many have been evacuated from their homes here and across other parts of the country could meanwhile, in essex, pupils were rescued from a minibus stranded in flood water and the fire and ...