Rural crime

More than £1million worth of machinery, tools and equipment have been recovered since the launch of dedicated rural crime team.

A crackdown on hare coursing led to more than 20 arrests in just one month, police in Lincolnshire have revealed.

Farmers are being warned that the cost-of-living crisis could lead to a rise in livestock thefts.

Winter has definitely announced its arrival to the Great Orme. With the timely delivery of my eBay purchase, an all-weather combating Swanndri coat, the strong winds and horizontal rain have also arrived.

A new law to reduce farm equipment theft could come into force early next year after it received backing from MPs.

Seven sheep have been killed and at least 25 more injured in what Welsh police are describing as a ‘sickening’ attack.

Two men who stole more than £350,000 worth of farm equipment from 13 farms have been jailed for almost seven years.

Farmers could be left to clear up after fly tippers for the foreseeable future after a Parliamentary Committee branded the Government’s waste crime policy as ‘rubbish’.

Police are appealing for information after a sheep was found killed and another left for dead after being shot with a crossbow on Deeside in North Wales.

Three men have been arrested following a series of attacks on wildlife in Dorset.