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BBC goes on the trail of the bicycle thieves

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  1. Focus
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    A BBC programme will explain how organised crimes gangs and opportunistic thieves are leading epidemic proportions of bike theft.

    "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."

    "The programme, to be shown in BBC Inside Out West Midlands 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. "

    "Inside Out West Midlands will be shown on BBC1 at 7.30pm tonight and will be on BBC iPlayer for seven days."

    Posted 11 years ago #

  2. crowriver
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    Inside Out: is that a bit like the old Nationwide from the 1970s with Frank Bough?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  3. Focus
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    I don't know, but Frank Bough certainly got a bit "inside out" in the late 80s!

    Posted 11 years ago #

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