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Other Rural Crime Alerts
Devon & Cornwall Police
Monday, 21 August 2023
Devon farm fined £60,000 over death of tipper truck driver
A farm in Devon has been fined £60,000 after a tipper truck driver died when he was electrocuted on its land.
Lincolnshire Police
Monday, 21 August 2023
Police wildlife officers rescue ‘ugly duckling’
Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Action Team were called on Friday to a family of swans on the River Slea where one cygnet was struggling with a wing deformity.
Suffolk Constabulary
Monday, 21 August 2023
Police are calling on the public to provide more information after arsonists set fire to a large stack of straw in Reydon, Suffolk.
Police are calling on the public to provide more information after arsonists set fire to a large stack of straw in Reydon, Suffolk.
Cheshire Constabulary
Friday, 18 August 2023
'Industrial scale' 200-tonne mountain of waste found in Cheshire countryside
An 'industrial scale' mountain of 200 tonnes of waste has been found dumped in open countryside in Cheshire.
Bedfordshire Constabulary
Friday, 18 August 2023
Man travelled 60 miles from Coventry to dump waste in rural village
Michael Cawley has been hit with a fine after flytipping waste on Hall End Road in Wootton
Thames Valley Police
Friday, 18 August 2023
Field left scorched and blackened after 30 tonnes of hay set alight
A fire broke out in an Oxfordshire field after 30 tonnes of hay was set alight.
Suffolk Constabulary
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Police treating large Boxted fire as suspected arson
Police are treating a large field fire in a Suffolk village as suspected arson.
West Mercia Police
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Shropshire fire service called out to two field fires
Shropshire fire crews were called out to two separate fires involving fields of straw
Police Scotland
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Shocking images of salmon farming waste spewing into remote Scots river spark probe
Waste pumped into Kinglas Water in Argyll, which serves the iconic Loch Fyne, includes manky brown water and sludge from fish feed.
Wales - North Wales Police
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Operation to protect animals living on the coastline takes place in north Wales
A national campaign which aims to protect animals living on the coastline is taking place in north Wales this summer.
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Rare bird makes return to designated peatland site
An increasingly rare breeding bird has returned to a designated peatland site in Co. Down for the first time in many years.
Two breeding pairs of lapwing were discovered this summer at Lecale Fens Special Area of Conservation (SAC), outside Downpatrick.
It follows ongoing efforts by Ulster Wildlife to help restore nature in the area.
Police Scotland
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Scotland launches plan to control bird flu in wild birds
The Scottish Wild Bird Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Response Plan sets out the multi-agency approach to monitoring and mitigating the spread of the disease
North Yorkshire Police
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Thirsk and Malton MP encourages farmers to use What3Words app after farm fires in North Yorkshire
Fire crews in North Yorkshire were called out to four farm fires in the space of two days last month
National
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Tractor tours 2,000 miles to help break down mental health stigma
UK livestock markets have raised thousands of pounds for mental health charities, in support of Len’s Light Tractor Relay – which saw a Warwickshire farming couple travel 2,000 miles in honour of their son, who died by suicide last year.
National
Monday, 14 August 2023
£14 million fund to promote innovation in farming
More than £14 million is being made available for the farming sector to drive innovation and develop new practices to boost productivity and sustainability, the Government has said.
















