http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: BBC goes on the trail of the bicycle thieves en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:41:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11484#post-130470 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:23:00 +0000 Focus 130470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't know, but Frank Bough certainly got a bit "inside out" in the late 80s! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11484#post-130430 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:09:19 +0000 crowriver 130430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Inside Out: is that a bit like the old Nationwide from the 1970s with Frank Bough? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11484#post-130417 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:44:01 +0000 Focus 130417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/commuting/news/article/bbc-goes-on-the-trail-of-the-bicycle-thieves-38833/?CPN=RSS&amp;SOURCE=BRROADNEWS">A BBC programme will explain how organised crimes gangs and opportunistic thieves are leading epidemic proportions of bike theft. </a></p> <p>"<em>According to BBC freedom of information requests to 10 police forces across the Midlands, almost 18,000 bikes were reported stolen in 2012 but only six percent were returned to owners</em>."</p> <p>"<em>The programme, to be shown in</em> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mv2">BBC Inside Out West Midlands</a> <em>tonight, left a bike fitted with a GPS tracker in Birmingham city centre and within eight hours it had been stolen. The production team tracked the bike to a nearby block of flats where it was being ridden around by a teenager</em>. "</p> <p>"<em>Inside Out West Midlands will be shown on BBC1 at 7.30pm tonight and will be on BBC iPlayer for seven days.</em>" </p>