Rural Life
Essex rural team recovers £80k of stolen machinery
Essex Police’s rural engagement team has returned more than £80,000 of stolen machinery to its owners after locating it on...
Police
Agri-Business
Derbyshire launches online hub for rural crime advice and supports
Derbyshire Constabulary’s rural crime team has launched a “one stop shop” online hub for locals full of services and supports...
Rural Life
Dorset Police investigates stolen burnt out tractor
Dorset Police is investigating the theft of a tractor after it was found burnt out at a farm in Verwood....
Agri Politics
Man arrested for criminal damage at Welsh farming protests
North Wales Police (NWP) Wrexham Town has arrested a man in connection with criminal damage during Welsh farming protests yesterday...
Agri-Business
New officer joins National Rural Crime Unit to tackle livestock theft
Rural insurer NFU Mutual has funded the appointment of a new officer to the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) to...
Rural Life
Farms in Hertfordshire 'blighted by tonnes of rubbish'
Recent incidences of fly-tipping on farms in north and east Hertfordshire meant they were “blighted by tonnes of rubbish”, according...
Sheep
Surrey: 19-year-old arrested in connection with deaths of several lambs
A second teenager has been arrested in connection with the deaths of several lambs at a farm in Bramley, Surrey....
Rural Life
60% see no improvement to rural policing with crime commissioners - survey
Nearly 60% of those surveyed by the Countryside Alliance do not think rural policing has improved since the introduction of...
Rural Life
Surrey: Lambs run over with vehicle in 'extremely unusual' incident
Surrey Police is investigating the deaths of several lambs after they were run over with a vehicle at a farm...
Rural Life
Farmer rescues two people from sinking car in Lincolnshire river
Lincolnshire Police has thanked a local farmer for his role in rescuing people from a car stranded in a river....
Machinery
Woman suffers 'life-changing injuries' after machinery falls off lorry
A woman has sustained “life-changing injuries” after agricultural machinery that was not safety secured on a lorry detached into the...
Rural Life
Somerset men found with 20 pieces of stolen farm machinery
Two Somerset men have been sentenced after they were found with 20 pieces of stolen farm machinery. 25-year-old Harry Hollowell...
Machinery
Stolen agri machinery recovered through Harwich port operation
Essex Police rural engagement officers have recovered stolen agricultural machinery following an operation in Harwich International Port. The officers worked...
Rural Life
Nottinghamshire: 6 men jailed for agri machinery thefts worth £1 million
Six men have been jailed in connection with thefts of plant and agricultural machinery totalling £1 million. Nottinghamshire Police said...
Rural Life
John Deere stolen from development site in Faversham
A John Deere tractor was among the items stolen from a housing development site in Faversham earlier this month. Kent...
N.Ireland
‘Worrying’ number of sheep theft reports in Co. Antrim – PSNI
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information following a “worrying” third report of stolen sheep in...
Arable
Nottinghamshire farm suffers 'thousands of pounds of damage' to crops from quads
Nottinghamshire Police has appealed for information regarding the damaging of crops from quad bikes on a farm in North Nottinghamshire....
Sheep
Police appeal for info after two instances of sheep worrying in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information after two instances of sheep worrying in Bowerchalke. The incidences occurred...
