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WEIGHING in at 20st, Lindsey Cooper had problems getting on a bike, never mind riding one.

However, the 45-year-old set out on a mission to shed the pounds, and now, 13 months on and 8st 7lb lighter, Lindsey is taking part in a gruelling 250-mile charity bike ride across Cuba, above.

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This not so much:

A MAJOR city centre route has reopened and a motorist arrested after an accident left a cyclist fighting for his life.
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The collision was between a bike and an Orange Fiat Punto and it happened opposite the Millbrook Star filling station shortly after 7.20am.

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And, er, the accompanying image? Traffic chaos in Southampton.

One more: a giant toaster

IT has been described as a giant toaster but Rhinopatch – the infrared road repair machine – is Southampton’s latest weapon in the fight against potholes.

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Working like a toaster, the machine melts and resets the road instead of digging it up and replacing it.

Now may be a good time to go back to fillthathole.

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TWO people have been taken to hospital after a cyclist collided with a pedestrian crossing the Itchen Bridge.

The accident happened today at 8.57am and the lane was closed for about an hour.

Both were treated at the scene by ambulance crews before being taken to Southampton General Hospital with minor injuries.

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A TEN-year-old boy has been robbed at knifepoint as he cycled home from buying sweets.

A hooded youth, believed to be in his early teens, threatened Craig Moylan with a penknife at the end of a subway. Craig was only five minutes from his house.

The youngster was forced to hand over his bike which was a birthday present from his dad.

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BBC news

Cyclist killed in Portsmouth at a junction last Saturday:

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Two bikes crash on Lodge Road

… bikes need brake lights.

NSPCC charity ride next weekend