A lock that uses CCTV to prevent bicycle theft has won a top Home Office award.

The lock was the brainchild of a University of Portsmouth police officer who was fed up with the amount of bike theft on the campus.

Now the Wasp (Wireless Asset Security Protection) device has won a Home Office Innovation Award in the equipment and technology category.

Inventor, PC Dave Fairbrother and manufacturer, Len Weaver, MD of SOS Response, collected the award at the annual exhibition of the Home Office Scientific Development Branch held in Buckinghamshire.