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The BBC has reported on three convictions following TikTok videos of off-road vehicles causing “irreversible” harm to an SSSI. The Police have recently been given strengthened powers to seize vehicles being used improperly.

Active Travel England has recently published a Rural Design Guide. Key stakeholder organisations, including LARA, had been invited to comment on earlier drafts of the Guide and ATE has said that there will be six month window following publication where it will continue to accept comments and suggestions from the public.

LARA has recently made an ex gratia payment to the Green Lane Association (GLASS) from its Fighting Fund in order to help offset the costs incurred by GLASS in seeking legal advice on various issues which had a wider benefit to LARA’s members.

Plans for the 2027 FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) – the world’s largest standalone motorcycle event – were unveiled at the House of Commons on 7 July, ahead of the competition’s return to the UK for the first time in 44 years.

Campaign supports riders who take action to protect the future of legal on and off-road motorcycling.

New policy paper sets out how the sector is an important part of the fabric of the UK’s economy, sport, heritage and society.

On March 12th 1986, at the offices of the Auto-Cycle Union in Rugby,  LARA’s first constitution was drafted at a meeting of the leading motor sport and recreation organisations.

LARA has published new guidance to help public authorities and anyone else with an interest in motorsport events to understand the legislative framework governing organised motorsport events on public highways.

The Green Lane Association has won a High Court legal challenge against Central Bedfordshire Council, meaning a byway on Sandy Lane, near Milton Keynes, must remain open to all users.

The Pothole Partnership says that a radical new approach is needed, including  5-year warranties on every non-emergency pothole repair.

DVLA has implemented a major update to some of its vehicle registration policies, making it significantly easier for motoring enthusiasts to register repaired, restored and modified vehicles.

Pothole Partnership raises fresh concerns as summer heat fuels pothole problem.

Powys County Council has advised of a further extension of the temporary closure of byway LC296 Rhayader – the Monks Trod, which was due to expire on 1st September.

Powys County Council has advised that the short term closure of BOAT 43 Llanafanfawr and UCR U0011 to carry out remedial work is to be extended by three weeks.

Members of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club have created a 75 mile commemorative route between Salisbury and Cheddar, which follows as faithfully as possible the middle section of the first day of the 1925 International Six Days Trial

The National Motorcyclists Council has clarified that currently the UK’s own End-of-Life Vehicle regulations do not apply to motorcycles and neither will the new proposals being debated in Brussels – unless the UK decides to independently revise domestic ELV regulations.

Powys County Council have advised of the short term closure of BOAT 43 Llanafanfawr and UCR U0011 to carry out remedial work to the surface.

Repairs have been carried out to a section of one of the most iconic green roads in Wales after the Green Lane Association worked with a local landowner on the project.

The Auto-Cycle Union’s ongoing efforts to enhance event safety have received a boost with the governing body of motorcycle sport partly subsidising the purchase of 50 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that will be distributed to event organisers across the UK. 

The National Motorcyclists Council say driverless car technology must take full account of motorcyclists and other vulnerable road users.