Thieves have stolen 160 metal storm drain covers in a three-day spree.
The grates, also known as gully covers, disappeared from locations around Doncaster between 14 and 17 January.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60198183
A police spokesman said officers are looking into any holes left by the missing covers.
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Such a thing was not uncommon when I worked for a London Borough in the eighties.
The best one ever was when the council repaved about two hundred yards of pavement and the next day a gang of "Workmen" turned up and removed the lot. Everyone who saw them thought they were council contractors still on the job.
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A village church a few miles from where I live recently had a large number of its 200 plus-year-old path flagstones stolen overnight.
Apparently they are very valuable as well of great historical interest and all those involved with the Grade I 700-year-old church are rightly very angry and upset at the theft and the damage to some of the remaining flagstones.
Police believe the theft might be linked to a similar theft from another church in the Leyland area.
You wonder how low some people can go....
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The grate drain robbery - Robin O'Reliant
