POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 73-year-old cyclist was seriously hurt in a crash with a van on New Road, in Wardley, Gateshead, on the approach to the Heworth golf course, shortly before 10am on Tuesday June 26. Emergency services attended and the cyclist was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the van was uninjured. Any witnesses, particularly those who might have dash cam footage, are asked to call 101 quoting log 311 26/06/18.