Thieves stole £13m of metal from railways, say police
 

Metal worth £13m has been stolen from the railways over the past three years, police have said.
British Transport Police said there were more than 6,000 such incidents between April 2008 and October 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16382806

Very sad, this sort of stuff needs 'highlighting' as much as possible, these idiots are playing with Peoples lives:mad:

metal theft
 

And that is just the "operating" stuff like signalling cables.

I don't think that it included the metals nicked from the preservation side......and which, if included, I'm guessing might almost double that £13M figure......:mad::mad::mad:

Timely reminder ref the cashless scrap metal petition? Please sign if you have not already done so!
and join the 52,307 sigs - the current total when I went for the link......

see:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/406

Its grown by another 60 signatures today and continues to attract more each day. So far this petition is laying 7th of all submitted and with your help we can really get this message accross. If you have not done so please sign - it only takes a couple of minutes and together we can all make a difference. see the link attached to Stoneroads post above.
Regards
Phil

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16738000

Cash payments for scrap metal to be banned and fines for buying stolen metal to be increased. A step in the right direction :)