This is one of those stories you sort of hear about a couple of weeks before, and maybe forget about unless some little nugget of information comes along that makes you want to dig a little deeper into it. Which is exactly what happened to me this morning. I do recall maybe even commenting on...
Victoria Cook & Jess Warren BBC News BBC David Lopez Ibanez said the theft of his violin was “a musician’s worst nightmare” “An instrument to a musician is way more than an object, it’s more of a companion,” says classical violinist David Lopez Ibanez, whose 18th Century violin was stolen in February. The instrument, which...
An 18th Century violin worth more than £150,000 has been stolen from a north London pub, with police appealing for help to trace the suspects. The string instrument, which belonged to a member of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, was allegedly stolen on the evening of 18 February from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street in Islington....
Police are investigating after thieves reportedly stole several gold and silver bars worth thousands from a property in Devon. The burglary in Hatherleigh is believed to have taken place between 12 June and 16 June and involved a pair of 1kg silver bars – the current approximate street value of which is £883 each. Seven...
Three electric bikes collectively worth nearly £20,000 have been stolen from a garage in west Devon, police have said. The burglary took place place at a rural property in Venton near Drewsteignton between 01:00 and 02:00 BST on Wednesday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. They said thieves had taken a midnight green Santa Cruz Vala...
A waxwork figure of French President Emmanuel Macron has been stolen from a museum in Paris by environmental activists who disguised themselves as employees. Greenpeace activists entered the Grevin Museum posing as tourists before changing their clothes, covering the statue with a blanket and taking it out through an emergency exit, a police source told...
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Adidas has disclosed it’s been hit by a cyber attack in which customers’ personal information has been stolen. The sportswear giant said criminals had obtained “certain consumer data” which “mainly consists” of the contact information of people who had been in touch with its help desk. Adidas said passwords...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West David White BBC Radio Devon Handout Rev Thomas has urged people to call the police if they see anything relating to the stolen lecture topper A hand-carved wooden eagle has been stolen from a church in Devon. Rev Andrew Thomas, of St Paul’s in Yelverton, said the sculpture was...
Shehnaz Khan BBC News, West Midlands Ewan Valentine Ewan Valentine’s black Honda Civic Type-R was stolen off his drive on 28 February A man who bought a £20,000 car to replace the one he had stolen has discovered he has accidentally bought back his own stolen car. Ewan Valentine, 36, from Solihull, woke up on...
A sculptor says it is “unbelievable” several pieces of artwork which were stolen from a farm have been found in “fairly good nick”. Brendan Rawlings created a set of wooden animal head sculptures for a walking trail on Darts Farm in Topsham, Devon, which were then removed from their plinths in July 2024. A search...
Police have arrested a teenage boy after a car was stolen in Exeter. Devon and Cornwall Police said the grey Lexus CT200H Sport was reported stolen on Tuesday and had last been seen entering Torquay at about 04:15 BST the same day. The force said a 16-year-old from Torquay was arrested on suspicion of burglary...
Trophies have been stolen during a burglary a golf club in Devon, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called at about 10:30 GMT on Wednesday 2 April to Teignmouth Golf Club. Intruders forced their way into the club and a number of trophies were stolen, the force said. Anybody with any...
A man was taken into custody after crashing into 13 vehicles while trying to evade police in Long Beach, California on Friday. Aerial footage shows the suspect speeding into oncoming traffic and colliding head-on with multiple vehicles, before crashing into the car park of a paint shop. Motorist Ricardo Colindes told CBS News he was...
