Theft of editor’s bike prompts news site to highlight problem on patch

The theft of an editor’s bicycle has sparked a town news title’s marketing campaign analyzing the issue.

Bristol Earth has sought to emphasize the issue of bikes remaining stolen in the metropolis following revealing 1,500 this kind of crimes were recorded there very last calendar year.

The JPIMedia-owned web page is managing a week-long target on the concern, a sequence of tales reporting on the extent of the problem, its affect on victims and what the police are undertaking to battle it.

A person piece reveals the hotspot parts in Bristol for bicycle thefts last 12 months with interactive maps produced by JPI sister website NationalWorld’s data team.

The campaign’s launch will come right after editor Alex Ross had his own bike stolen in the city in October.

Alex, pictured, said: “Unfortunately, in Bristol it feels like everybody you speak to has had a bike stolen, or appreciates of another person who has.

“I, myself, was a victim final year so I know the terrible emotion when discovering your bike lacking with only a few of damaged elements of a lock on the floor to clearly show for it.

“So, with summer season coming along and the commence of the city’s initial Thoroughly clean Air Zone in September, I felt it was critical we discover the challenge with a collection of tales with input from police, victims, firms and cycling teams.

“My hope is that it shines the highlight on burglars running out in general public although also offering assurance and crime avoidance suggestions to cyclists.

“We could under no circumstances be able to entirely stamp out bike theft, but we can make it harder for the criminals by chatting far more about it.”

As section of the concentration one of Bristol World’s journalists take a look at obtained a pair of large duty bolt cutters from a town centre Wilko keep – and had been only asked if they had been aged more than 25.

As a final result, Bristol North West MP Darren Jones has questioned the enterprise to evaluation its sale of the product.

He stated: “I’m not confident why Wilkos need to truly feel the want to stock such a huge volume of these instruments at such a very low cost, in particular supplied the evidence that they are linked with crimes in our metropolis.

“Wilko management will have to evaluate this circumstance and, at the pretty the very least, place in area a policy which addresses this problem as shortly as probable.”