When Dorset Council officers and a vet visited their address in Three Legged Cross, it was found that the canines did not have a suitable environment and diet, they were not able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns and they were not protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.

A 'FACEBOOK fly-tipper' has been banned from driving and will have his vehicle crushed.

Sgt Rob Simpson, of the Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team, said: "One of the reasons I love the countryside is because it's a great place to go and enjoy responsibly and lawfully, no matter what mode of transport we use, or who we are as people.

A company that makes dairy and farm hygiene chemicals in Wiltshire has been fined after a large cloud of toxic gas was released into its factory.

Sergeant Abbey Anstead of the force’s Rural Crime Team said: “Theft of any kind is unacceptable but to take an animal who is much loved and requires ongoing veterinary treatment is awful.

PC Ashley Tether, of the Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team, posted on Facebook: "As well as being part of the Rural Crime Team, myself, PC Moss and PC Stordy are also part of the Licensed Search Team for Cheshire Police . As a result, we get called to various searches across Cheshire and across the UK supporting other police forces as needed.

More than 1,500 people from rural areas are using WhatsApp groups to give information to Durham Police in an effort to cut crime.

A teenager is missing from his family farm in Stolford near Bridgwater and detectives are asking people if they have seen him.

Officers are now appealing for anyone with information about the incident, which took place on Saturday, September 24, to come forward.

Just after midnight on Monday morning (October 3) police were called with reports of a suspicious vehicle on a farm in the Affpuddle area, and a farm building storing horse tack was broken into.

A landowner who destroyed trees in established woodland on his property without permission will have to pay more than £3,000 after admitting the offence.

High prices have seen a rise in thefts of fuel stored on building sites and compounds in Norfolk.

Police are appealing to trace the couple after two reports of theft at Holdensfield Farm, in Castlelevington, Yarm.

A warrant was executed at the address yesterday (Monday) by officers from Dorset’s rural crime team and Hampshire Constabulary.

The sprawling mass of rubbish that covers 2.5 acres of the bucolic Dorset landscape was uncovered in a joint operation staged by police and officers from the Environment Agency.