Two men have been jailed for animal cruelty offences following an investigation by officers from Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team, with support from colleagues in Hampshire.

Fire crews from Dorchester assisted in the rescuing of six cows from an underground slurry pit on a farm near Water Barn Track.

Two pet goats stolen from a farm in west Dorset are back home safe and sound.

Two men have been charged following alleged assaults and thefts at the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hunt.

Farming machinery stolen from rural west Dorset has been recovered.

A quad bike was stolen from a farm outside of Bridport.

Dorset pig farmer James Hull has spoken of his “horror” as two of his valued Tamworth sows were illegally slaughtered and butchered in a field just yards away from his house in the run-up to Christmas.

Dorset Council has become the latest local authority to shun the plant-based movement by passing a motion that supports farmers of all sectors.

Police are hunting for machinery which was stolen from a site in rural Dorset.

Police are appealing for information after 70 live turkeys and equipment was stolen from a farm in the Bridport area.

Two men have been arrested in north Dorset after a digger was stolen.

A man who caused the suffering of 11 dogs has been banned from keeping the animal for seven years.

A man has been arrested and his van seized as police investigating hare coursing swooped on his vehicle

Mounds of rubbish have been dumped in a spate of fly-tipping

A large number of lambs have been stolen from a west Dorset field.