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Mike Merritt

'Tamper proof' signs to foil thieves in Scots hamlet made famous by Sir Terry Wogan

A hamlet which was cheekily immortalised by late presenter Sir Terry Wogan has declared war on souvenir hunters who constantly steal its famous road signs.

Thieves have regularly targeted the official place names for Cock Bridge in Aberdeenshire – but now the fed-up council is working on ones which are “tamper proof”.

Wogan regularly made fun on air of the settlement – home to less than 100 people – which is in the Cairngorms National Park.

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