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0:00On April 24th, former Miss England, Laura Coleman, 34 weeks pregnant, took a nasty fall in London when a thief on an electric bike ride, snatching her phone. The impact yanked her right off the curb, slamming her straight onto her stomach. She gripped that phone tight so it bounced free and the thief sped off empty handed. Lying there in the road, she yelled at him about her pregnancy while a crowd rushed to help. Coleman handed her dog to a stranger so she could bolt to the hospital, covered in cuts and bruises. The weight there shook her, half an hour maternity emergency before they confirmed the baby's heartbeat was good, then two more hours of monitoring. London saw 61,331 phones stolen in 2025 alone. That's one every nine minutes. Coleman reported it to police, joining others to live like Dame Joanna Lumley, whose car thieves woke her up, and a love island star who lost her, designer bag. Phone snatchings are down for the first time in years, thanks to met efforts, but with

1:01over 224,000 gone in four years, these, streets stay risky, keep your eyes open and hold on tight.