Horse trailer, tack, riding hats and equipment stolen from Witcombe, Brockworth, Gloucestershire.

Out-of-control dogs have killed six sheep and injured a further twenty after they ran amok on farmland in Gloucestershire.

A woman from Kemble must pay more than £1,600 for her involvement in a fly-tipping incident which blocked a lane in Siddington.

Police said the sheep carcasses had been removed and the heads left in the field in Malswick. It is believed that the incident happened overnight between Friday (May 19) and 5pm on Saturday (May 20).

Gloucestershire Constabulary has launched Heritage Watch, a scheme designed to protect the county’s historic sites, monuments and artefacts from the threat of heritage crime and anti-social behaviour.

A series of high-value thefts has seen quad bikes and farming machinery stolen from rural parts of the Cotswolds.

Gloucestershire Police is urging people in the area to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity immediately

Last month, the Cotswold Hunt was suspended by the British Hound Sports Association after footage aired of an alive fox thought to have been buried by the hunt in a bag underground.

Rural crime thefts are often from farms, woodland and domestic rural locations as well as building sites, and range from sit-on mowers and quad bikes up to very large plant and construction machinery.
There are a number of measures you can take to deter thieves, prevent your property being taken and to get it back safely if it is.

A HUNT based in Gloucestershire has been suspended after claims that a fox was buried alive.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man found guilty of waste offences on a Cotswolds farm after he didn't show up to court.

Tourists captured the animal on camera in a field next to the A40 in the Forest of Dean.

Police are investigating after a large wooden stable block in Glastonbury caught fire at 3 o'clock this morning (Wednesday).

A person who says they are a relative of the victim claimed police told the family it was possibly a stray bullet from poachers. It’s well-known that poachers come from a wide area to hunt boar and deer in the Forest with high-velocity rifles.

Students at the prestigious university, dubbed “Oxbridge for farmers”, were also accused by local animal groups of throwing dead hares at passing cars.