The Rural Operational Support Team (ROST) have specialist skills, equipment and vehicles to address the concerns of those living in the more remote areas of Hertfordshire.

Dead fish and birds, traffic cones, litter and bicycle wheels have all been seen floating in the river by residents and tourists despite the council conducting daily litter picks along the river.

A farm worker from Tajikistan has denied raping a student while she was on a night out in Falmouth while home for Christmas from university.

A Devon timber company has been fined after an employee fell through a stairwell while working on a barn conversion.

Sandra Simpson runs Hedgehog Helpers, Hedgehog Rescue Darlington has seen too many examples of well-meaning members of the public taking a strimmer to their hedges, often with disastrous consequences for wildlife.

A fly-tipper who dumped a large amount of rubble, bags and plastic buckets was caught on covert cameras.

A spokesperson for the force said: “We had a report of a window being smashed in the main tower/gatehouse of the site on Thursday (September 1).

Animal Rebellion activists have cut off the milk supply to the Midlands and South of England following a weekend of protests in UK supermarkets.

Seventeen fire crews were needed to tackle a barn fire that had spread to an attached house near Tiverton on Saturday (August 29).

This afternoon the fire service confirmed that the fire had been started by a disposable barbecue.

A man who was illegally living on land not meant for residential use has been fined more than £4,500.

Crews were called to the incident along the road towards Great Yarmouth just after 10pm on Wednesday (August 31) night.

Over 10 days in August, two bins containing specialised sea bass nets were stolen from the back of fishing boats stationed at Caister beach car park.

Gwent Police's rural crime team, who are also involved in the project, said: "Frustrating to hear of the fire damage caused recently at Pontypool ski slope, a long established community resource.

A crew from Dorchester attended the blaze in the open on Moreton Road in Owermoigne after receiving a call at 10.13am this morning.