Machinery
7 men sentenced for handling stolen machinery worth £1.3m
Seven men have been sentenced for their parts in the handling and sale of stolen machinery worth over £1 million....
Police
Rural Life
Further arrests made amid 'spate of burglaries' in rural Wales
North Wales Police has said two more people have been arrested following a “spate of burglaries” in rural communities in...
Rural Life
Derbyshire Police's off-road bikes to help tackle 'rural problems'
Derbyshire Police is set to get new off-road bikes to help them tackle “rural problems” like machinery theft, trespassing and...
Rural Life
Police investigating 70,000L diesel theft in Carmarthenshire
Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating the theft of approximately 70,000L of diesel from the Oil4Wales fuel depot in Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire. The...
Rural Life
62% of rural residents believe reporting crime is a 'waste of time'
Nearly two thirds (62%) of those in rural communities believe that reporting rural crimes to police is a “waste of...
Rural Life
One dead and another seriously injured in Welsh farm incident
One man has died and another 42-year-old man has been seriously injured in a farm incident in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police...
Rural Life
Police rescue 72-year-old man from Cornwall bog
Devon and Cornwall Police’s rural affairs team has said it rescued a 72-year-old man who was “stranded” in a blanket...
Rural Life
3 men charged with hare coursing and livestock worrying
Three men have been charged in connection with hare coursing, being in charge of a dog worrying livestock and trespassing...
Rural Life
New police ATV to help protect rural Bodmin Moor area
Devon and Cornwall Police have deployed the area’s first ATV policing vehicle in the Bodmin Moor area with the aim...
Rural Life
Rural crime: Man arrested on suspicion of ATV burglary
Northumbria Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of burglary after a spate of burglaries in rural Northumberland. It...
Rural Life
Stolen quad bike among items recovered by Kent Police
A quad bike, dozes of hedge trimmers and other stolen tools have been recovered by rural police officers in Dartford,...
Rural Life
Tractor carrying 20 unstrapped bales stopped by police
A tractor carrying 20 unstrapped bales on a trailer was stopped by Staffordshire Roads Policing Unit yesterday (Thursday, December 29)....
Other
Revenge-seeking trio who hid gun among bales jailed
Three men who hid the gun they used in a revenge shooting among bales on their family farm in Leeds...
Agri-Business
Welsh farm shops urged to up security following burglaries
Farmers in Wales are being urged to adopt more stringent security measures following a spate of burglaries from farm shops...
Rural Life
3 teens arrested after tractor used to cause pitch damage at Home Park stadium
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a break-in at Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s Home Park stadium that saw...
Rural Life
Stolen farm machinery and trailers found in UK police raids
Thousands of pounds worth of suspected stolen agricultural machinery and plant equipment has been recovered during a series of police...
Rural Life
2 people arrested as haul of catalytic converters seized in Lincolnshire
Two people have been questioned as part of an investigation into environmental crime in Lincolnshire. The man and woman, both...
Rural Life
Police recover stolen quad bikes in Fife
Police in Fife have recovered two stolen quadbikes after they were taken from a farm in Fife this morning (August...
