Northumbria Police has teamed up with Forces across the North of England in a joint strike against cross-border poachers.

Police have launched a murder probe after a man was stabbed to death in a village pub.

Police have made another two arrests in Cumbria as efforts continue to deter rural crime.

A video shared by fire crews shows flames from a burning haystack being fanned towards an even larger stack by strong winds near Shaftesbury on Saturday (October 26).

As people calling to report the fire were describing flames issuing from the roof, an aerial ladder platform from Barnstaple was then sent to the scene.

A Cornwall skip hire boss has been ordered to pay more than a quarter of a million pounds for operating without an environmental permit.

Officers have warned fly tippers to ‘expect a visit’ after a large pile of rubbish was dumped on a Derbyshire road.

The horrific incident happened as Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs attended the Cottesmore Hunt's opening meet, writes Daniel Jae Webb, SWNS.

Farmers have raised a “recurring problem” of gangs of men with dogs going on to farms and threatening livestock.

The conservation of wildlife is an area in which the Police Service of Northern Ireland play an investigative and enforcement role, identifying clear links to wildlife crime and any unlawful activity associated with endangering wild animals.

A firm has been fined a total of £4,400 after a quarry was found to be polluting a Cumbrian beck.

Just after midnight the fire service was called with reports of a shed on fire on Hall Hill in Brendon.

The plume of black smoke was so thick that nearby residents were advised to keep their windows and doors closed.

A MAN who was seen dumping waste on land in Burghclere has been ordered to pay fined more than £1,400.

Rural organisations urge members to assist new Rural Crime Taskforce