A horticulture company has been fined £3,000 after a lorry driver suffered third degree burns on his body while making a delivery to a site in Essex.

Mountain bikes are proving key to Essex Police's Rural Engagement Team’s ability to fight crime and engage with our rural communities.

Police believe the tools were stolen from businesses in another county more than a year ago

Several piglets were crushed to death by their mother following a series of break-ins targeting a farm run by The Salvation Army.

Police have reunited a hefty wooden gate with its owner after it was stolen from a farm.

Rural engagement officers have recovered stolen agricultural vehicles and machinery, valued at around £200,000, from a premises in Hockley.

Essex Police Rural Engagement Team (RET) seized 161 vehicles this year.

A telehandler and a van have been recovered during an operation to detect stolen agricultural machinery being exported through Harwich International Port.

Essex Police’s rural engagement officers are keen to remind would-be hare coursers and poachers they are not welcome

A METAL detectorist who tried to steal from a nationally significant Iron Age and Roman site in Colchester has sparked a warning.

One of the strategy's key objectives is tackling domestic abuse

Thames Valley Police's rural crime taskforce reported attending the scene of the ongoing crime on Tuesday night, March 7.

Two poachers have been disqualified from keeping dogs for three years in what is believed to be the first use of new powers introduced last year following pressure by rural campaigners.

A FLY tipper who dumped a “disgraceful” amount of household waste in a beauty spot is being hunted by an infuriated councillor.

Two men have been banned from owning or keeping dogs for three years under new legislative powers designed to target poachers.