More than £50,000 of computer equipment was stolen from schools in North Aryshire, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Irvine Times report:

THIEVES stole more than £56,000 worth of iPads and laptops from primary schools in North Ayrshire last year, the Times can exclusively reveal.

Figures obtained by the Times through Freedom of Information reveal that thefts of tablets, laptops, macbooks and e-readers cost education chiefs a whopping £56,567 in 2012 alone.

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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.