Someone stole my BBC broadcasting bike - it's like losing a friend1 day ago Share Save Anna Holligan BBC News Share SaveBBC Anna Holligan's bike meant a lot to her and other peopleI was planning an ordinary afternoon out - bags packed, ready to roll - when I bounded downstairs and was hit by a jolt of disbelief. With cycling deeply embedded in daily life here in the Hague and across the Netherlands - part of the "Dutch DNA", as we say - I have no car, so used my bike for everything, from the school run to a shopping trip. My colleague Kate Vandy and I retrofitted it to become a mobile broadcasting studio, which we named the Bike Bureau. But why, my daughter asked, do so many people care that our bike was stolen? Legendary BBC camerawoman Julie Ritson called my bike a blueprint for the future of journalism.