Rural crime

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said they found the barn – measuring 20m x 10m – well alight in the Launcells area

Police Scotland said the equipment had been stolen sometime between the Christmas and the New Year period

Lincolnshire Police said the telehandler had been used to lift an ATM onto a van before the culprits made their escape

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team has urged owners to keep their dogs on a lead when near livestock

Avon and Somerset Police said Piotr Szor had organised for a stolen tractor and telehandler, worth around £80,000, to be shipped to Poland before it was intercepted by officers

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

Having had a busy day cleaning up fencing ready for the arrival of lambs for winter grazing, I attended an open evening at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on behalf of the rural crime team task force of Thames Valley Police

Police said the farmer found £15m worth of cocaine in his animal feed delivery from Columbia

Avon and Somerset Police said beef cattle had been stolen from a farm in Shepton Mallet

Michael Chaulk and William Smith were also handed court costs, disqualified from driving and a deprivation order for all four dogs at Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court