Lidl, it makes my blood boil

that is horrendous!!! i used to work in a place where you couldnt leave anything ~ we once had [or attempted] to have slabs laid ~ we warned the workment that they could disappear if left out ~ true to form ~ next morning they had all gone ~ and could be seen gracing the back gardens of nearby houses!!!
never seen turf removed tho!!

Keep calm Yorks, its only turf! How amazing people are, if its not screwed to the floor they steal it! I hope they catch them but I doubt it, some unsuspecting soul has had their garden re-turfed today at a 'good price'!!!

can you believe lat year they stole the library wall, and I am talkng a big wall, I am fuming at the moment,

they stole a wall???????????
i should be able to believe even tho i dont want to. i i dont think i better put on here what i would do with them.

Sticki, the stole a stone wall from down Station road here, wished I had taken photos when it happend

i hate people who cheat everyone else. its not fair and im so annoyed that its allowed to happen and they get away with it.
i read about a school in the paper today who have a headteacher who previously worked in prisons!!! he has sent loads of children home for not wearing the uniform and detention for those not turning up for lessons with the right tools eg pencils etc; he explained that its the little things that count ~ he is so right ~ too much has been allowed for too long ~ so we dont upset people?????! well how about those who have been upset but didnt do anything wrong???

It's sad that people do such things. They've obviously got no thought for anything or anyone, just themselves and what they can gain from their disgusting actions. Such selfishness :o(

I agree with you and Sticki Hywel,what has made me so angry is the fact of all the money and hard work put into the building

Yes. And that means nothing to these crimnals does it :o( They just don't care. It's enough to make yor blood boil

all this is being carried out in a village which has traffic all night, does everyone drive with their eyes closed,or do people who see it can't be bothered to phone the police

I agree M/Land, last week when we were in Ilfracombe a butchers window had been smashed in, on the board that covered the window was a message to the culprit, giving the chaps name who smashed the window and stopped the butcher from showing his meat

How disgusting is that ! I agree with everyone's comments, and especially your comments Yorks. It does make you angry.

I wonder who they sold it all to,

have a look on ebay!?

very funny.!!!!

Terrible, terrible, terrible! It reminded me of the riot in London that spread all over England. What's wrong with this country? Where's moral gone? Sad indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

It does seem to have all gone mad in the UK...I watch it on the news, sometimes...
But it's not like that everywhere...I don't ever have to lock my car here

i think i will move over there karen!
i dont like being ashamed of my country but this is what it makes me feel.

your right Sticki, it does make you feel ashamed

sadly yes, and worse because on the run up to the olympics the world is watching.

What makes the mind boggle is, how can things just 'disappear'? A whole load of turf...and...a wall!!
And nobody sees...???

Tommymoo, let me remind you it has ever been thus - it came as a shock to me when I learned recently that the crime rate in Britain soared when the war was on - particularly during the Blitz, whenever the air raids were on, out they'd go and steal from jewellers and anywhere else they could think of, often wearing the Home front people's, can't remember is it ARP, warden uniforms. And get other people on the street to help them, unwittingly.

Nothing much has changed folks, I'm afraid, human nature being what it is - and it'll get worse before it gets better, as it always does when times are hard.

In this day and age we are programmed to mind our own business, bit like the three wise monkeys..

that is incredible that they were bold faced enough to steal it all, how can no one have seen anything... how sad it's all becoming.. mind you we had a whole new estate around here with all the lead roof edges stolen over night...

The perpetrators probably had their story ready in case they were questioned that maybe "wrong grass was laid so taking it back and it will be replaced." It's the boldness of b******s like these that enables them to get away with it! When I lived in Britain, before I went away on holiday I would tell nearby neighbours how long I would be away and that, during my absence, I had not asked anyone to remove anything from my house or garden. We all looked out for each other like this and, when a van pulled up by a temporarily empty house, the driver was asked by a neighbour what his business was and then said she would phone the house owner and check. The van suddenly drove away! Oh dear! ;o) It's the fear of being called a 'nosy neighbour' that stops people 'helping.' Whatever happened to 'Neighbourhood Watch?' Is it still in existence or has it fallen by the wayside through ineptitude?

Like Karenfrance, we never lock our car while in the village, nor our front door, and part of the reason for our emigration to this region was the state of Britain! Sorry so many of you are still stuck with it, but I'm living the wonderful life that I deserve.

absolutely disgusting how folks can stoop so low.

it makes my blood boil to yorkshire and how no-one noticed is beyond me or is it that people just turn a blind eye as not to get involved which is sad to. :o(

I was in a UK mini supermarket recently - plenty of people around, 6.00p.m. & noticed someone shovelling goods out of the chiller display into the front of his anorak. He even saw me watching, grinned at me and carried on. I immediately went and told the manager who didn't even 'phone the police. "They won't bother to come out for something like that. Anyway, we're insured." Meanwhile the thief walked out, calm and in no hurry. I told my Italian friends here about it and they smiled ruefully. "Ah", they said "We'd have phoned the Carabinieri, but they'd have finished their espressos before they came out." No-one seems very surprised or shocked. I am though. Here, in a smallish community, I suspect everyone knows everyone else and would have a good idea who the culprit was and he'd probably meet with some pretty compelling aversion therapy shortly afterwards. Too right.

"They (the police) won't bother to come out for something like that". Oh, oh, oh, what a sorry state our police are in, for that statement says everything - you can no longer rely on the police turning up at anything other than a full blown terrorist bomb. I watched youngsters dealing drugs in the street 2 years ago - phoned the police, did they come, absolutely not, not a bit interested. I watched a fight happening in a restaurant, called the police (as did others) did they come? No, of course they didn't. I know why all those kids ran riot recently - they knew they could. And yes, there've been some prosecutions, but the vast majority have not been found and will not be prosecuted. No wonder we all walk on by when we see illegal activity - in the old days, you rang the police and stepped in, knowing they'd arrive. Now you know you're on your own, mate... And that's what makes my blood boil.

Gattina, what you just said is unbelievable, my daughter was in asda and saw a woman stealing clothing, at least the manager did something about it, I read in the paper this morning about thieves who have stolen railings from an 18 month old babies grave, these people are just down right eveil.

They steal anything these days dont they....on our local radio they said someone had stolen the plaques from a crematorium...... i could not beleive what id just heard....

they certainly do Holly

I am so, so glad I left before it got that bad...because, I can feel nostalgic about how it was...before I'm an old woman...!

Have been listening to British news today...

What can I say...Political Correctness does not afflict the French...

I certainly know the feeling, looking out of my lounge window earlier this year one Sunday morning, i commented to my wife you haven't told me that lovely green glazed pot with the trailing Fuchsias is missing. Someone had been in the night and taken it.The police said there had been a spate of pots stolen, straight onto the car boot sales Sunday morning.

know how you feel OT, my friend had a bird bath in her front lawn for 25 years and got up one sunday and it had been stolen, she was heartbroken

Some people will steal anything that's not nailed down, and if it *is* nailed down, they'll steal the nails, too.

There have been reports on BBC news about whole sections of railway track being stolen, sleepers and all - I shudder to think what would happen if a train went along before the theft was discovered.

Thieves are getting so blatant these days it's mind-boggling. But they know the odds are very high against anyone reporting them, or the police coming out, or the courts issuing a proper punishment.

Joe or Jane Public hesitate to intervene directly - one never knows how violent the reaction might be. I doubt these people think of themselves as criminals, "doing a Del-Boy" is a more attractive label than "sneak thief".

The police are overwhelmed and have no incentive to pursue criminals who are going to be let off with a slap on the wrist, if it even gets to court in the first place.

One can only hope that karma will operate - what goes around comes around - and these people will get stung ten times what they stung others for.

And it's especially a shame when a chain-store takes the trouble to improve the local area - it needn't have, and I bet it won't try it again. I gave up on trying to improve the exterior of my flats when a whole trough of busy lizzies went missing, trough and all.

I'm shocked! I'm baffled! I thought they were bad here, but it seems in England so much worse. How can people do this sort of thing? Turf! Walls! Railway! Rails of babies graves!!! Heartless devils! There is no moral or thought in people that do things like that. I blame a lot on the parents not teaching their kids right from wrong. Not teaching morals or to be empathetic to other people. Sure I know there are some kids that will go astray either way. Oh what a bad economy will do to bring out the ugly in people!

I had wondered if humans were always the same, and thanks to Bamboo I know that some humans haven't changed at all. Perhaps they are the descendants of those that stole back then too.

It's really saddening and disturbing news.

We flirt from time to time when things get depressing and difficult here, (as they do almost anywhere these days) with the idea of coming back to the UK, but the main thing that puts us off is the idea of coming back to a country where violence and theft and fraud seem to be endemic, and one feels threatened and frightened and helpless, and at the same time incandescent with rage that the perpetrators get away with it, and the police seem helpless and unconcerned. No-one is allowed to discipline their own children in any effective measure any more, and school teachers have had all forms of punishment for appalling misbehaviour taken from them. The idea of self-control and responsibility for one's own actions are things of the past. We are no longer valued or appreciated for loyalty, probity, hard work or kindness, and if you can get something for nothing, you are applauded. Why are we surprised?
There now, I've turned into a grumpy old reactionary, and I'm NOT a happy bunny.

Perhaps the reason no one noticed it being taken, is because we now live in a twenty four hour non stop world of commercialism. I would not be surprised to see work men in high vis jackets landscaping at any hour of the day or night to complete to a deadline. Not so very many years ago any time after 11:30 pm were regarded as the hours of "thieves and prostitutes." Now we have Debenhams staying open until midnight on the run up to Christmas and Tesco open round the clock.

Angie - a lot of the gangs stealing copper and metal here currently are not from the UK, though some are - but it makes no odds, every nation has its share of criminals. In this case though, I suspect a lot of the people doing it are simply trying to survive - many immigrants here are unable to find work and are desperate. I'm not justifying what they're doing, just pointing out that, were I starving, I have no doubt I'd break into a shop at night to steal food if I had to. Others doing it just want to make a quick buck or three - nothing changes, does it - I recall when the copper price was high 25 years ago, the same thing happened, even a church roof was targeted I seem to remember.

well , thanks for your comments, I do agree with each of you, what more can I say, think its all been said on here, sad world we live in,