Go Radio offers £25,000 reward for stolen Lipton Cup

A Glasgow radio station has launched a 25,000 reward campaign to recover a historic gold trophy valued at nearly 500,000, stolen from the city's Riverside Museum last October.

Go Radio announced the "We Want Our Trophy Back" initiative on Friday, offering the cash to anyone providing information leading to the recovery of the Lipton Cup. The station, based in the Gorbals area near the birthplace of tea merchant Sir Thomas Lipton, described the artefact as part of local heritage. Managing Director Rochelle Clemente said, "Sir Thomas Lipton is part of the Gorbals story, and this trophy belongs to Glasgow's heritage. We're proud to be based here and we want our trophy back. If anyone knows anything that can help bring it home, we urge them to come forward."

The 18-karat gold trophy, crafted by Tiffany and Co., was taken from a display case at the Riverside Museum on Pointhouse Place between 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, and 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2025. It features two handles, a detachable domed lid atop a square silver plinth base, an enamelled red, white and blue shield representing the America's Cup and the American flag, enamel flags for the Royal Ulster Yacht Club...