A criminal gang which uses explosives to get to tens of thousands of pounds of sacred silver is feared to be targeting churches across the country.

A landowning company in Yorkshire has been fined for allowing vegetation to be burnt without a licence in an area of Special Scientific Interest.

The call comes as Police Scotland announces a move to tackle crime in rural communities and enhance crime prevention in Angus.

TWO men are sought after £200 worth of scrap metal was stolen from a Dorset village.

Police are searching for group of teenagers who were seen torturing a duck in Southampton.

Warning to South Lakes residents after spate of overnight burglaries

Brits have been issued a warning following reports of Asian hornets being spotted in gardens across the UK.

Police have now arrested nine people in connection with the rave at the former Stillingfleet mine, which started at about 10.30pm on Saturday and went on right though the night and into the next morning.

A spokesman for Rural east Devon Police said: "We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a anyone running from the scene or from anyone with CCTV covering the area. If you witnessed something suspicious please get in touch.

A woman was left ‘shaken’ after a ‘fake cop’ fitted blue lights to his car and stopped her in a quiet countryside lane in rural Wiltshire.

Thames Valley Police's rural crime team then searched a house in Birmingham in connection to the incident and seized two vehicles with one being identified as stolen.

RESIDENTS are horrified after the 'brutal killing' of a pair of nesting swans with another left injured.

They wrote: “PCSO Vicky from the Poole Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has been on high visibility mobile patrols in Whitecliff this evening.

A grandfather from Chester says he is lucky to be alive after being pushed into a canal while out fishing with his wife.

Over a two year period large amounts of plant and agricultural machinery, pick-up trucks, vans and power tools were stolen over.