Charity thanks public after stolen motorbike found

A charity that delivers blood using motorcycles has thanked the public after one of its stolen bikes was recovered.

SERV OBN Blood Bikes is a volunteer service that delivers blood, scans and other urgent medical items across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire free of charge.

In a post on Facebook, the organisation appealed for help after one of its bikes, named Margo McCaffery, was stolen from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday evening.

The damaged bike was returned on Thursday afternoon but the volunteer-ran group said it was found "as a direct result of the public help".

Guy Lipscomb, operations manager at the charity, said: "A driver was washing it and left it on his driveway. When he went inside to prepare for duty, it was taken."

The group, based in Ramsden, Oxfordshire, has about 20 bikes, each named after a different woman in the medical field.

The recovered bike was named after an American nurse who pioneered pain management nursing.

It was fitted with a tracker but members of the public had sent details of several sightings of the bike as thieves moved it across High Wycombe to Mead Way.

Mr Lipscomb explained: "It was found due to the feedback, social media and the tenacity of our rider. He was absolutely incensed as it had been taken right off his driveway."

The bike was found by the driver parked in a nearby lay-by, partially concealed by a covering.

Its steering lock and alarm had been removed.

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