Perched atop a penny farthing while playing classical guitar, Simon Weir is something of a local celebrity in Canberra — and now he's preparing to compete at the National Penny Farthing Championships.

Two men have completed a challenge to ride penny farthings from their home town ... and friend Bill Pollard left Henley-on-Thames on 8 June, riding a modern version of the Victorian bicycle.

An appeal has been made after the theft of a bicycle - a Victorian style penny farthing. It was last seen inside a garage in Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham on 15 December, with the victim ...

Police have issued a plea for help to find a distinctive penny-farthing bicycle that was stolen from a Nottingham home. The green bike was last seen by the owner in her garage in Lenton Road ...