Rural crime

Essex farmer Richard Bennett was forced to seek legal advice after a scam tractor advert cost him £30,000

Avon and Somerset Police were made aware of the incident in Greenham at about 2.40pm on Wednesday September 17

Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man on Friday September 12

Officers said Demi Leigh James had pleaded guilty to livestock worrying at court in June after her dog attacked 25 ewes. And then just over six weeks later, she was sentenced for biting and punching a police officer

Joint police effort sees seven men sentenced for more than 25 years after multiple farm machinery thefts

Wiltshire police have confirmed that a farmer died in Little Somerford on Wednesday (September 10)

The NFU are calling for the government to create a cross-departmental rural crime task force to address the failures in dealing with rural crime

Members have been encouraged to contact the CLA on all matters related to crime, particularly as it helps in its work with police forces across the North and beyond

In the rural districts of West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire, and Vale of White Horse, the decrease in rural crime was 36% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same quarter last year

Suffolk Police have confirmed that the farmer died at a farm in the Woodbridge area on Thursday (September 4)