Rural Life
210 lambs stolen in West Dorset
Police in West Dorset are appealing for information after a large number of lambs were stolen from a field near...
Rural Crime
Agri-Business
Farmer tried to fake TB test by injecting animals with diesel
A farmer from Ceredigion, Wales, has admitted interfering with a TB test and accepted a caution. The herdsman also admitted to...
Rural Life
Sheep heads found along Derbyshire trail
Police in Derbyshire are appealing for information after two sheep heads were found dumped on the Stockley Trail. The two-mile...
Rural Life
Police appeal for info following dusk farm assault
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault and attempted burglary in Oxfordshire over the weekend. On Saturday (December 1)...
Rural Life
Appeal to find £200,000 of farm machinery stolen in East Lothian
Police in East Lothian are appealing for information after over £200,000 worth of farm machinery was stolen overnight from a...
Rural Life
Fly-tipping: New measures introduced in fight against waste crime
The Government has announced it will step up the fight against rogue ‘man-with-a-van’ waste carriers who fly-tip. The issue has...
Rural Life
Farm attack vandals squirted purple spray into goat's orifices
Thugs attacked several sheep and goats belonging to a Hampshire farm yesterday afternoon (November 18). The incident has come as...
Agri-Business
Rural landowners call for action on fly-tipping blight
Private rural landowners are calling for stronger enforcement of legal action to help combat the fly-tipping that is blighting the...
Rural Life
'Verbatim' drama to shed light on Tony Martin farm burglary shooting
A drama set to air this weekend hopes to show the public more of the truth behind a controversial burglary...
Agri-Business
Farmers warned to watch out for fraudsters trying to swindle Basic Payment
With the Basic Payment Scheme due to be paid in early December, the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is warning...
Agri-Business
Operation Bo Peep: Scottish sheep farmers unleash new weapon against rustlers
Dubbed ‘Operation Bo Peep’, Scottish farmers now have a new secret weapon against sheep theft. It’s the stuff of shepherds’...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance aims to tackle hare poaching
More needs to be done to tackle the growing issue of hare poaching – or coursing – according to the...
Agri-Business
'Rural crime needs to be a top police priority all year round'
The NFU is calling on Police and Crime Commissioners to make tackling rural crime a strategic objective all year round,...
Rural Life
First UK Rural Crime 'Day of Action' takes place
The first UK Rural Crime Day of Action is taking place today (Thursday, November 8). Organised by the National Police...
Rural Life
3-day hay shed burn-out in UK ’caused deliberately’
A large-scale fire that took three days for firefighters to extinguish completely on a farm in the UK is thought...
N.Ireland
Police appeal for information following trailer theft
An appeal for information has been launched by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in relation to a stolen...
Rural Life
1,000 bales destroyed in ‘suspicious’ UK farm fire
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire in which 1,000 bales of hay were destroyed yesterday evening (Wednesday,...
Rural Life
More than 400 stolen animals located in police raid
Police are working to reunite hundreds of suspected stolen animals with their rightful owners in north Yorkshire following a recent...
