Just been shown the mess left when my friends moved into their new house - to find that all the copper pipes, electrical cable, radiators and even boiler had been stolen by scumbags. It isn't just railways being hit by metal thefts.
Not untypical these days. Best (if that's the right word) example of this was in Caernarfon a few years ago when not only the copper went but also the interior doors, floorboards and even the stairs!