Retired nurse, 89, has bike stolen from outside Eastbourne church

Diana Warland had her electric bike stolen on February 26 between 11.45am-12.30pm outside St Saviour’s Church in South Street. Diana was inside the church at the time and said she’d left the bike locked to a drainpipe. She said when she returned ‘it looked like it had been taken using a hacksaw’.

Diana, a retired auxiliary nurse, used to ride a motorbike but during lockdown due to insurance issues she switched to an electric bike.

She said: “I loved going about on it. It gave me independence and it was good for my knee too. I can’t drive so it was my way around. After the motorbike insurance issues someone suggested an electric bike to me and it’s been great.”