Vandals

[RickyR]

Absolutely unbelievable what the country is coming to. I really hope that everything gets sorted out soon, and you still have a good christmas despite it all.
A few years back, I went to catch a 6am train from Doncaster to Manchester Airport, to be told that someone had stolen the copper wiring for the signals on the route so was put in a taxi and sent onwards to Sheffield to try and catch the train there. Is there that much money in the copper that its worth risking life over?

[Dedworth]

Absolutely unbelievable what the country is coming to. I really hope that everything gets sorted out soon, and you still have a good christmas despite it all.
A few years back, I went to catch a 6am train from Doncaster to Manchester Airport, to be told that someone had stolen the copper wiring for the signals on the route so was put in a taxi and sent onwards to Sheffield to try and catch the train there. Is there that much money in the copper that its worth risking life over?

Diddycoys are stealing metal often round here, whole streets of BT copper, railway signal cable, manhole covers. The latest seems to be hot water tanks, wiring and pipes from empty houses being renovated etc. Scum of the earth, but of course as a recognised minority they are treated with kid gloves by the courts. Crushing their caravans, 4 x 4's and transits should be the order of the day.