Rural Life
Elderly farmer served 6-month sentence for animal abuse
An elderly Welsh farmer has received a 6-month sentence, which was suspended for a year, after she pleaded guilty to...
Courts
Environment
Farmer and NGOs sue fossil fuel giant claiming climate damage
A farmer in Belgium and a number of environmental non-government organisations (NGOs) are attempting to sue a major fossil fuel...
Other
Lancashire mart fined after fatal employee incident
A livestock auction mart has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a dairy...
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer fined £25,000 after construction accident death
A Castlewellan farmer has been fined £25,000 after a labourer aged in his 20s died on his farm during a...
N.Ireland
Co. Down man fined for illegal dumping of construction waste and poultry manure
A 34-year-old Co. Down man has today (June 2) been fined in court for offences relating to the illegal dumping...
N.Ireland
North-west farmer fined for failing to register calves
A north-west farmer has been handed a fine in court after he failed to register three calves and failed to...
N.Ireland
NI farmer convicted of tampering with TB test
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined after he was convicted in court of tampering with a bovine TB test....
Agri-Business
DAERA takes steps towards judicial review over minister’s port decisions
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has confirmed it is seeking legal advice over ministerial orders to halt construction work and...
N.Ireland
Dungiven farmer fined £750 for breaches of movement notifications
A Dungiven farmer has been convicted of five charges relating to failure to record animal movements to and from his...
Rural Life
Somerset farmer fined £10,000 for breaching bovine TB rules
A Somerset beef farmer has been ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines and costs after admitting breaking laws that...
Agri-Business
Fivemiletown business fined for water pollution offence
A farm business in Co. Tyrone has been fined £1,250 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court today after pleading guilty to a...
Rural Life
Farm owner handed 18-month sentence following animal cruelty prosecution
The owner of a farm in Olveston, South Gloucestershire has been handed an 18-month custodial sentence with immediate effect along...
Rural Life
Wife and her lover guilty of killing Hertfordshire farmer after he refused divorce
An estranged wife and her lover who plotted to kill a wealthy farmer after he refused to agree to a...
Rural Life
Farmer given suspended jail sentence for animal neglect
A livestock keeper from Stoke on Trent has been given an 18-week suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £1,500...
Agri-Business
Farmer given suspended jail sentence after livestock left to die in field
A farmer who left livestock to die in a frozen field has been given a 16-week jail sentence suspended for...
Rural Life
Man cleared of Blandford farm worker's murder
A man charged with murder in connection with the death of a fellow employee at a farm near Blandford has...
Rural Life
'Chaotic' record-keeping lands farmer in court
A Carmarthenshire dairy farmer has been fined for ‘chaotic’ record-keeping that may have contributed to the spread of bovine tuberculosis...
Rural Life
Derbyshire farm fraudster ordered to repay stolen tax or face jail
A Derbyshire farmer, who evaded more than £70,000 of Income Tax contributions, has been told she must repay all the stolen...
