On Tuesday, May 2, officers from the Force’s Rural Crime Team arrested Stark for again breaching the disqualification order, after they discovered he had been responsible for several horses, a donkey, and numerous rabbits and guinea pigs in a field in Hannington.

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

A detective sergeant told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, it was the police case that Samuel Todd (38) is an “integral part” of a crime gang responsible for “24 incidents of rural burglaries and thefts” in mid and east Co Antrim.

PCSO Stephen Dunn-Brown, of the policing team covering Bridgnorth town and rural east, said: "We are appealing to the community in and around the area of Claverley for information following a burglary at a home in Spring Gorse, Claverley.

The fire happened on Monday night in Park vilage

A Herefordshire potato, beef and cereal farmer has been jailed for 12 months for damaging a protected stretch of the River Lugg.

One event will take place in each district of South Yorkshire and will provide an opportunity to meet members of the Rural and Wildlife Crime Team, find out about their activities and raise issues of concern.

Dog owners are being warned to keep their pets on leads at a popular Lincolnshire beauty spot after suspected dog poisonings.

Quex Adventure Farm Park and Activity Centre, in Birchington, has had more than £6,000 worth of damage and goods stolen after a break-in.

ECO activists descended on a Dorset oil farm on bank holiday Monday demanding its licence to operate be revoked.

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

PC Ryan Dollery, of the Rural Crime Taskforce, said: “Through Operation Deter principles, Grant was arrested, charged and remanded within 24 hours of the offence.

A couple who have had tens of thousands of pounds of equipment stolen from their farm say more needs to be done to tackle rural crime.

Officers from the Rural Crime Team also say there's been a couple of similar thefts in recent months.

Firefighters from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) are battling an ongoing farm fire, and have advised members of the public to stay clear of the area.