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The management has to prepare a plan of financial reorganisation within 90 days, bankruptcy manager Melita Burja told the Slovene Press Agency last week.

Pollution levels inside cars are often higher than that of city air because pollutants become trapped within vehicles. UPDATED: Cyclists sit higher than motorists and so it's generally thought they breathe in less pollutants than motorists, and expel them quicker thanks to stronger lungs. But new, unpublished lab research by the British Heart Foundation attempts to show that cyclists are doing themselves more harm than good by pedalling along congested roads. The lead researcher wants cyclists off the road, and on to cycle paths away from traffic.

1.4 million visitors to the 18-day Canadian National Exhibition will be told the wooden bicycle displayed in the 'Travelling with Leonardo da Vinci' exhibition was constructed to a design sketched by the Renaissance master. Yes, the hoax lives on...

At a dealer meeting held yesterday at Trek's HQ in Wisconsin, Lance Armstrong told 2000 bike store owners and staffers, and Trek factory workers, that it is about the bike, a Trek bike. Trek president John Burke said Armstrong would be a Trek "athlete for life."

New for this year, the European Village at Interbike Las Vegas is fully booked and includes a number of first-time exhibitors like Derby Groups' Focus brand, Lapierre from Accel, and BH Bikes from Spain. UK exhibitors include Pashley, Carradice, Brompton, Airnimal, Hope, ProCycling, Ison and Omega Cycles. PLUS: first details of the official Interbike party.