Rural Life
Investigations into ‘hit-and-run’ incident…involving tractor
Police investigations are ongoing into a fail-to-stop ‘hit-and-run’ style collision in the UK last month. Dorset Police have issued a...
UK
Rural Life
Firefighters tackle blaze affecting 6 barns on Gloucestershire holding
Firefighters were up against it earlier this week following a response to a fire affecting six barns on a premises...
Rural Life
Teens arrested for throwing stones at sheep
A number of teenagers have been arrested by police in Hampshire on suspicion of animal cruelty following the injuring of...
Rural Life
Thieves ‘stung’ with decoy in fight on rural crime
Police are stepping up the fight against thieves who target remote farm buildings and equipment in the UK through the...
Agri-Business
British meat producers feeling the heat on Brexit uncertainty
British meat producers have raised concerns across the water as Brexit departure day of March 29 approaches, with lobbyists urging...
Rural Life
Firefighters called in to help 400-cow UK dairy farm
A number of firefighters were called to assist some 400 cows at a dairy farm in the UK last night (Tuesday,...
Agri-Business
MPs to vote on no-deal Brexit and Article 50 delay – if May deal fails
MPs will be given the opportunity to vote on ruling out a no-deal Brexit or delaying the departure of the...
Rural Life
Police seize tractor…at drag race
A tractor has been seized in a “rather unusual” instance of drag racing against motorcycles, according to police in the...
Rural Life
Fashion giant makes swift ‘ewe’-turn on wool ban
Fashion retailer Boohoo has revised its decision to ban using wool in its clothing on ethical grounds following backlash to...
Rural Life
Stolen machinery worth £100,000 recovered
Police have recovered six stolen vintage and classic tractors and machines worth approximately £100,000 in the UK over the weekend,...
Rural Life
‘Distinctive’ classic machinery worth over £100,000 stolen from farm
Police are appealing for witnesses after “distinctive” tractors valued at over £100,000 were stolen from a farm in Yoxall, East...
Rural Life
500 sheep stolen from Norfolk field in overnight raid
An appeal has been made by police for witnesses following the theft of approximately 500 sheep from a field in...
Beef
MP calls for ‘serious consideration’ of meat tax measures
A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address...
Rural Life
‘Win a farm’ raffle pulls farm prize due to missing entries target
A farm worth £1.3 million (€1.44 million) which had been destined to be won in a raffle in the UK...
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
Tractor trailer jack-knife leads to Chester traffic woes
A tractor pulling a trailer suffered a tyre blow-out, causing it to jack-knife across a busy north-west junction earlier today...
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...
Beef
9 cattle die after eating yew tree trimmings dumped in field
A total of nine cattle have died in the UK after they ate yew tree clippings which had been dumped...
