Kids encouraged to bike to school

You're being encouraged to stop getting a lift to school and get on your bike instead, as the government is giving cycling schemes a big cash boost.

An extra £15m will be spent over the next three years on things like cycling proficiency courses and connecting schools to bike lanes.

That means 100,000 kids will be able to learn about things like cycle safety.

The government hopes these schemes will help the environment, improve your health and cut traffic jams.

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The money will link schools up to the 10,000 miles of existing cycle lanes, and the cycling proficiency test will be made tougher.

Phillip Darnton, chairman of Cycling England, a group which encourages people to use pedal power, said the announcement was "wonderful news".