Rural policing team recover £1m of stolen machinery

A renewed focus on tracking devices, sharing of intelligence and partnership with farmers on the ground is helping a rural crime team crack farm machinery theft.

Farming couple acknowledged by PM to mark suicide prevention day

Andy and Lynda Eadon have helped to raise over £150,000 to support rural communities with their mental health after the death of their son Len in 2022

Health experts fear 'cost-of-living suicide rise' in rural areas

The amount of people in rural communities taking their own lives may increase due to the cost-of-living crisis, experts have warned.

Mystery of the dead Scottish seabirds. Is it bird flu?

Hundreds of dead guillemots and razorbills have washed up on the coastline of the Firth of Forth.

Derbyshire man charged with theft of peregrine falcon eggs from local quarry

Officers arrested a man after receiving reports that eggs had been removed from a peregrine falcon nest at Bolsover Moor Quarry.

Farm worker 'very lucky' to be alive after major injury in 'tractor slip'

A farm worker is 'very lucky' to be alive after suffering a 'very deep' laceration to their thigh.

Firefighters tackle 'well alight' farm building blaze in Warwickshire

The fire service said they were called to a fire in a one-storey a farm building used for storage in the village of Abbot’s Salford

Plumpton farm targeted by Carlisle burglars who stole £11k quad bikes

Two Carlisle criminals whose records include multiple burglaries have been sentenced for stealing quad bikes worth £11,000 from an Eden Valley farm.

Two motocross bikes stolen from farm in village near Banbury

Two motocross bikes have been stolen from a farm in a village near Banbury.

Theft of quad bike from farm in Huntly sparks police appeal

Police are looking for witnesses following the incident which took place at the start of the week.

Sheep euthanised after 'collision' with a car in North Yorkshire

A farmer in the North Yorkshire Moors has been left frustrated after a sheep had to be euthanised following a collision with a car.

Quad bike recovered by Avon and Somerset Rural Affairs Unit

The stolen quad bike was recovered from the River Brue

Heather burning: The County Durham project harvesting energy from the moors

Heather is being harvested and used as fuel, instead of being burnt on moorland, as part of a pilot project in County Durham.

Ewe killed and two injured in Powys attack

A ewe has been killed in a dog attack in Powys.

Horse-riders fight ‘excessive’ plans to block lanes over fly-tipping

A national horse-riding organisation has objected to “excessive” plans to retain gates on several lanes hampered by repeated fly-tipping.

Steps to prevent theft of horse and riding equipment

Keeping and maintaining horses is big business stretching into hundreds or even thousands of pounds in expenses for food, equipment and general wellbeing.

Police appeal after 12 ewes and lambs are stolen

Police are investigating the theft of livestock in Powys.

Three sheep rescued from crashed car in North Yorkshire ditch

Three sheep have been rescued from a car which crashed in a ditch near York.

Red Poll Cross cow missing from field

Reports of a Red Poll Cross cow, rich brown colour, approximately 8/9 years old missing from a field in Church Lawford.

GPS equipment stolen from tractors

At around 02.15/02.30 hrs on 01/09/23, offenders entered a rural property near Austrey and stole GPS equipment from tractors on the yard.

Hartlepool quartet guilty of poaching on Birdsall Estate

Four poachers are having to get rid of their family pets and pay at least £1,490 each after they were convicted of illegal animal hunting in Ryedale.

Farmers left demoralised after vandals burn and slash bales

A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey.

Quad bike stolen from Romsey farm tracked down by police in Cadnam

A quad bike was stolen from a farm in Romsey in a burglary using forced entry - however the police were able to return it quickly thanks to a tracker.

Woman fined for 'out of control' dogs after 27 incidents in Sussex

A woman who repeatedly failed to keep her dogs under control, including around livestock, has been convicted at court.

Beef Shorthorn cow shot dead in horrific attack

A farming couple have been left devastated after one of their female cows was executed in an attack on a farm in Lancashire.

Two vehicles seized in rural police op

West Mercia Police says a number of vehicle checks were carried out as part of an operation targeting rural crime in Broseley on Sunday.

Man convicted after dog attack killed 22 ewes and injured 48

The owner of two dogs has been convicted following a livestock attack in Wrexham that led to the death of 22 pregnant sheep and another 48 being injured.

Six chickens killed by dog 'off the lead at Vaynol Park

An appeal has been launched after six chickens were killed by a dog off the lead in a Bangor country park. The attack happened on Monday in the Vaynol Park area.

Farmers warned to up security as tractor theft spate hits Midlands

Farmers are being advised to increase vehicle security following a spate of 20 high-value tractors thefts in Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Stolen horsebox with 'police stop' sticker seized after driver fails to stop for officers

A stolen horsebox displaying a sticker encouraging police to stop the driver was recovered after a night-time police chase.

Shock for Wrexham village as large cow herd damage cars

Cars have been damaged after a large herd of cows got into streets.

Lothian farmer, Billy Innes, of East Hermiston Farm to resow 7 acres after cars mistake his field for a car park

Rugby goers take over newly sown field in desperate attempt to find car parking

Poaching vehicle spotted

Blue Suzuki Jimny spotted york

Images released after farmer’s livelihood destroyed

South Yorkshire Police have released images of three men they would like to speak to in connection to off-road bike offences and criminal damage.

Police seizures of stolen farm equipment send 'clear message to criminals'

Leading figures in the Shropshire farming community hope news that police have seized stolen farm equipment worth £500,000 will send a 'clear message' to criminals targeting their land.

Three arrests over North Yorkshire farm machinery thefts

Three arrests have been made and potentially-dangerous weapons seized in an operation to tackle the theft of farm machinery.

Three Middlesbrough men receive fine for poaching grouse

Three men have been convicted of poaching offences after they were caught shooting game illegally.

GPS systems stolen from Warwickshire farms

Warwickshire Police said the thefts occurred in Grandborough and Hunningham

Rural crime team seize stolen caravan

A stolen caravan has been recovered by Thames Valley Police's Rural Crime Taskforce team.

Suspended sentence for man who damaged 4,500-year-old monument

A man who filmed himself damaging an ancient artwork up to 4,500-years-old has been ordered to pay for its restoration in the first prosecution of its kind in Wales.