Rural crime

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team said the dogs worried 19 cows for around 20 minutes whilst off-lead on farmland

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published its initial findings after a train and an agricultural trailer collided at a level crossing

Essex Police said the 15-year-old did not intend to start a 'big fire' and added he has apologised to the farmer for starting the fire next to a stack of hay bales

Chester South and Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth said she was delighted that the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Amendment Bill has passed the committee stage

According to the Health and Safety Executive, the unnamed employee had been assessing a blockage in a potato harvester machine

Cllr Alastair Redman, of Kintyre and the Islands Ward, Argyll and Bute Council, shares his concerns about rural crime in Scotland

Police believe body to be that of missing Irish sheep farmer

Alex Cotterill, a student at the University of Nottinghamshire, writes about rural crime and how it could be tackled

Farmer speaks out following escalation in dog attacks

Shepherdess Laura Simmons was found dead at a farm near Cheltenham in June 2023 after her quad bike overturned