Rural Life
Man rang police demanding they return his van after fly-tipping
A man rang police demanding they return his van, which was caught being used for fly-tipping at a beauty spot...
Court
Other
Owner ordered to destroy dog after deaths of sheep on farm
A Derbyshire man has been court ordered to destroy his dog after an incident seen the deaths of two sheep...
Other
Fly-tipper who failed to clear waste in court for contempt
A fly-tipper from Devon who failed to clear the waste that he dumped has appeared in court for contempt. Vitor...
Other
First Criminal Behaviour Order issued for poaching in Yorkshire
A man from North Yorkshire has been issued a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for poaching offences on private farmland in...
Other
Essex man jailed after arson attack on farm kills 120 pigs
A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for arson attacks on three farms, resulting in the deaths...
Environment
Farmer convicted and fined for water pollution
A Co. Antrim farmer, 50-year-old, Mark Patterson from Carmavy Road, Crumlin was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for a water...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer fined for water pollution offence
A farmer from Co. Derry has been fined a total of £5,025.34 for a water pollution offence. Philip Palmer was...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £500 for water pollution offence
A Co. Antrim farmer was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates Court for a water pollution offence which resulted in the death...
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer fined £1,515 for water pollution offences
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined a total of £1,515 after a sewage tank on his farm overflowed into...
Rural Life
Norfolk man jailed for six months for illegal waste operation
A Norfolk garage owner who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency warnings about storing end of life vehicles (ELVs) and parts has...
Rural Life
Man and haulage firm fined for illegally dumping waste soil
A man has been fined for illegally transporting waste soil, and the haulage company from which he hired trucks to...
Other
Silage effluent: Farmer fined £15k for causing fish kill
A farmer in Leicestershire has been fined over £15,000 for illegally discharging silage effluent into a brook, causing the death...
Environment
Somerset farmer fined second time for polluting River Frome
A Somerset farmer has been fined for causing unpermitted discharge of slurry into the River Frome, after he pleaded guilty...
Agri-Business
Rotting carcasses found on Nottinghamshire farm
A smallholder from Torworth near Retford, Nottinghamshire has received a 10-year ban from keeping livestock, after carcasses of a pig...
Rural Life
Company fined £26,000 after contractor injured in a fall from height
A manufacturing company has been fined after a contractor sustained injuries whilst working on the top of a machine. Manchester...
Agri-Business
Midlands farm company fined for watercourse pollution
A farm company in the West Midlands has been fined a total of £120,000 for illegal discharge of anaerobic digestate...
Other
Welsh farmer fails to improve slurry storage, fined $4,000
A Welsh farmer has been fined over $4,000 for failing to comply with an order to improve his slurry storage,...
Agri-Business
Manchester meat wholesaler sentenced for six months
A meat wholesaler from Manchester has been given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years, for failing to provide the...
