‘Softer tactics’: calls grow for UK ban on police chases of children on e-bikes

Some argue better and enforced regulations of electric bikes is way forward after tragic deaths

The crash site tributes stick in the mind. They warmly celebrate the bright, brief lives of the three boys who have died after being thrown from electric bikes after CCTV footage appeared to show them being followed by police.

But they also express anger and concern over why Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and 15-year-olds Harvey Evans and Saul Cookson died on the streets of Cardiff and Greater Manchester this year.