Rural crime

A farmer has pleaded guilty to seven charges of unconsented work on the River Lugg that took place in November 2020.

A man has been charged with three counts of arson following fires which caused more than £680,000 of damage and killed 50 pigs.

THE National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) has recruited an extra police officer to strengthen its agricultural vehicle crime-fighting unit.

New powers to tackle hare coursing and illegal encampments were enshrined in law last week, after the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act was given Royal Assent.

More than 150 sheep have been stolen from land near Llanwrtyd Wells in a five-month period.

A Welsh Farm Group has been set up to support police in tackling rural crime. 

A homemade sign which warns trains to slow down to protect ‘sheep on line’ has sparked an investigation by the British Transport Police.

A homemade sign which warns trains to slow down to protect sheep on line has sparked an investigation by the British Transport Police.

More than £25,000-worth of GPS receivers and screens have been reported stolen across rural locations in Staffordshire in the last 30 days. 

As green shoots literally reappear and multiply amidst the UK’s farmland hedges and woodland, so too will visitors and day trippers re-emerge en mass this Easter weekend as the countryside once again gears up for an influx of people.