Tag Archives: Stolen

The Heart of England Co-Op group, which runs 38 stores in the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, told the BBC chocolate theft cost it £250,000 last year. It was the group’s most stolen product in 2024 and topped only by alcohol in 2025, it said. BBC News

The artwork depicting Teddy Baldock was taken from a park in Poplar on Sunday. BBC News

Mark Hehir was sacked after punching a thief who had stolen a necklace from a female passenger. BBC News

Mark Hehir told the hearing he was seen as a “hero” by the public after retrieving a stolen necklace. BBC News

Using a tracking device fitted to the equipment, police traced the stolen goods to a property in Ilford. Once inside the property, officers discovered not only the reported stolen equipment but also a vast quantity of other stolen tools and machinery. BBC News

A life-sized statue commemorating five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros has gone missing from his hometown of Pedrena in Spain. Spanish authorities are investigating after Marina de Cudeyo town council said on Instagram, external that the “unfortunate event” at the weekend indicates the statue was stolen. Spaniard Ballesteros, who helped Europe …

Rail passengers have been warned of delays and cancellations on New Year’s Eve morning after signalling cables were stolen in South Yorkshire. National Rail said several routes were disrupted following the theft between Doncaster and Sheffield, which it first reported shortly before 05:30 GMT on Wednesday. Northern services including those …

Two churches in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, were burgled over the Christmas period. Police said the burglaries happened sometime between 15:00 GMT on 25 December and 09:00 26 December to churches on Dundalk Street and Castleblayney Street. Damage was caused to both churches with a number of items stolen, including electronic …

Government data has been stolen in a hack though officials believe the risk to individuals is “low”, a minister has said. Trade Minister Chris Bryant told BBC Breakfast “an investigation is ongoing” into the hack, adding that the security gap was “closed pretty quickly”. A Chinese affiliated group is suspected …

Kenyan debutant David Munyua caused a huge shock at the PDC World Championship, coming from two sets down to beat world number 18 Mike de Decker 3-2 at Alexandra Palace. It was an enthralling encounter to end the afternoon session on Thursday, with Munyua missing darts to win the second …

Suspected thieves who tried to steal 1,312ft (400m) of underground cable got their van stuck in a ditch in the process, a police force has said. An apparent cable heist in Abbots Ripton, near Huntingdon, “didn’t go as expected”, said Cambridgeshire Police. The force seized the stranded van, and discovered …

About 1,700 historic military drawings have been destroyed after a van was stolen and set alight near Edinburgh. Sketches worth an estimated £500,000 from the Royal Engineers Museum were inside the silver Ford Transit when it was taken from Heron Square in the Deans area of Livingston, West Lothian, at …

Doorbell footage captured the moment a Christmas tree was stolen from a house in Loughborough before it was dumped in a park. The 6ft (1.8m) tree was taken from outside Zoe Murray’s home in Manor Drive at 20:26 GMT on Wednesday. Ms Murray said it had only been in place …

Volunteers at a community garden in central London have been reuniting phone theft victims with their stolen devices. BBC News

Nottinghamshire Police said the dance caught on CCTV footage was a “cynical attempt” to distract the victim Police are investigating after CCTV footage appeared to show a man using a “bizarre” dance routine during a distraction theft. Nottinghamshire Police believe a pickpocket pretended to be drunk in order to trick …

Police are investigating after thieves used a telehandler to smash into a shop and steal a cash machine. Leicestershire Police said it received a call at 03:30 GMT on Monday to report a vehicle had been driven through the front of the shop in Chitterman Way, Markfield. The cash machine …

Great Britain’s women fell to a 85-81 defeat by Austria in EuroBasket 2027 qualifying in Vienna. In the second of six group D games, Temi Fagbenle scored 22 points for GB, one shy of Austria’s game leader Sina Elke Hollerl, while Holly Warburton posted 18 in a tight encounter which …

PA Media Thousands of pounds worth of whisky was among the alcohol stolen Thieves have made off with £90,000 worth of alcohol after stealing a trailer parked in North Lanarkshire. The vehicle contained high value whisky and liqueurs and had been left parked within a secure premise in High Street, …

A man has been charged with several offences after an earthmover was stolen and driven through a city centre before going on to a dual carriageway. The 24-tonne construction vehicle was taken from an address in Staffordshire. Police were alerted after it crossed the border into Wolverhampton just before 17:40 …

Footage has shown the moment a gang used a telehandler to rip a cash machine out of a Sainsbury’s shop front. Wearing balaclavas, the group appear to load the stolen item onto another vehicle and make off at speed. The ram raid was caught on camera by a person watching …