Residents said farmers used tractors to help recover the 4x4 from the River Esk in the North York Moors

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team said the incident could have caused the death of unborn lambs

Ben Read, 22, is a sheep farmer from Maidstone in Kent

Leighton Snelgrove, 24, is a beef and sheep farmer from Nutley in Sussex.

Calum Smith, 28, from Grantown-on-Spey in Moray is a beef farmer

Len Crabb, 92, has held an insurance policy with NFUM since 1947

Lincolnshire Police said the gang had targeted rural communities across the East Midlands, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire

The Countryside Alliance hailed the move as a 'victory for common sense'

APHA confirmed 26 cases of the virus has been detected on 15 farms in Kent and Norfolk since November 11

The dog owner was fined and ordered to pay court costs of £790