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Lost and found: the return of a very special bike

If anything is going to warm your heart today, it will be this: a young boy in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, had his stolen bike returned to him after his mother put out a Facebook appeal.

Nine-year-old James Brewster鈥檚 silver bike was the last gift he ever received from his late father before he died.

It was stolen on the 26 November, just three days before the one year anniversary of his father鈥檚 death, leaving James 鈥渄istraught鈥 according to Una, his mother.

Una鈥檚 emotional social media post asking for the bike to be returned attracting thousands of likes and shares 鈥 leading to the reappearance of the bike outside the house.

Una said: 鈥渢he fact that it was the last present he got from his Dad was what spurred me on.鈥

鈥淚 made sure I was going to do anything and everything I could to get it back,鈥 she added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Tuesday 6 December 2016.

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