A dairy farmer from South Gloucestershire has described the rise in fly-tipping as 'a tidal wave' as local authorities struggle to prosecute those responsible.

An x-ray of the dead bird showed an air rifle pellet hit its hip, breaking it and causing its death

A Gloucestershire dairy farmer says fly-tipping on his land has got worse and he fears it will harm his cattle.

Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Nelson said the farming community is facing 'fear and intimidation' from organised criminals

Police have urged residents to report any sightings of a horse trailer which was stolen from a village near Cirencester last week.

Police have reunited a tractor with its owner just hours after the vehicle was reported stolen.

Several men with the weapon have been seen in Forest of Dean woodland

A Gloucestershire farmer has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a ram, failing in his duty of care to five ewes and also of failing to dispose of the carcasses of at least five sheep.

Officers are asking those walking in the Clanna area of Lydney, the Forest of Dean to be alert as nails and tacks have been found on footpaths and bridleways.

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.