Police appeal after duck tortured in Southampton park

Police are searching for group of teenagers who were seen torturing a duck in Southampton.

Warning to South Lakes residents after spate of overnight burglaries

Warning to South Lakes residents after spate of overnight burglaries

Image appeal after scrap metal stolen from Corfe Mullen

TWO men are sought after £200 worth of scrap metal was stolen from a Dorset village.

Cotswold Hunt fined £5,000 after fox was allegedly buried alive

The Cotswold Hunt has been fined £5,000 and key members have been suspended over footage which seemed to show a fox being found buried alive.

Diana Swabey sentenced for animal welfare offences

A farmer in Devon has been given a suspended prison sentence and a ban on keeping animals for animal welfare offences.

Stolen items recovered in rural burglary arrest near Paddock Wood

Police responding to rural crime near Paddock Wood have arrested a suspected burglar within 24 hours of a break-in and recovered a stolen trailer and gardening equipment worth several thousand pounds.

Telehandler catches fire on farm in Affpuddle Dorchester

A telehandler caught fire in a field near Dorchester on Saturday morning (May 6).

Asian hornets spotted in UK - what you should do if see one

Brits have been issued a warning following reports of Asian hornets being spotted in gardens across the UK.

Stillingfleet residents claim ravers 'defecated on village green'

Police have now arrested nine people in connection with the rave at the former Stillingfleet mine, which started at about 10.30pm on Saturday and went on right though the night and into the next morning.

Six men arrested in £1million agri-thefts sting

SIX men have been charged as part of an investigation into a suspected rural theft and burglary conspiracy worth nearly a million pounds.

Fence cutting causing sheep to come into villages

Darran Valley’s Labour councillor Robert Chapman told Caerphilly Observer that the fences are being cut by people who want to access off-road bike routes.

Woman ‘shaken’ after ‘fake cop’ uses blue lights to stop her in quiet lane

A woman was left ‘shaken’ after a ‘fake cop’ fitted blue lights to his car and stopped her in a quiet countryside lane in rural Wiltshire.

Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog attacks sheep at Peak District beauty spot

The dog appears to have been dangerously out of control

Witness appeal after burglary in Harbour Road, Seaton

A spokesman for Rural east Devon Police said: "We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a anyone running from the scene or from anyone with CCTV covering the area. If you witnessed something suspicious please get in touch.

Woodstock 'burglary': Man charged with possession of bladed article

Thames Valley Police's rural crime team then searched a house in Birmingham in connection to the incident and seized two vehicles with one being identified as stolen.

Scots family find '40 dead sheep' stuffed into bin bags on scenic forest trail

WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURES. Morven Woodcroft said her five-year-old grandson was left extremely frightened by the find while they walked through a forest.

Pershore swans 'brutally killed' over Coronation Weekend

RESIDENTS are horrified after the 'brutal killing' of a pair of nesting swans with another left injured.

Sheep put down after suspected dog attack in Coombe Bissett

Police from Wiltshire's Rural Crime Team and Salisbury CPT suspect the animal had been chased and bitten on the neck by a "large dog".

Appeal after three quad bikes are stolen from RNLI lifeguards in Skegness

RNLI lifeguards in Skegness received a blow over the Bank Holiday weekend when it was discovered three quad bikes had been stolen.

Police appeal after grandad is pushed into canal in Chester

A grandfather from Chester says he is lucky to be alive after being pushed into a canal while out fishing with his wife.

Police patrol after shed break ins in Wedgwood Drive, Poole

They wrote: “PCSO Vicky from the Poole Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has been on high visibility mobile patrols in Whitecliff this evening.

New partnership initiative to tackle rural crime

A new initiative has been launched by Police Scotland and a number of partner organisations to try to tackle in Angus’s rural communities and enhance cime prevention.

Police lead multi-agency search in Lincolnshire as part of investigation into bird of prey persecution

Well done to Lincolnshire Police for getting this news out on the following day and well done to all the multi-agency partners (NWCU, Natural England and the RSPB) for another excellent response to reports of suspected raptor persecution.

SF Limited fined after employee hands crushed in machine

A dad from Devon was left with horrific injuries to his hands after an incident at his work.

Wellingborough man appears in court to admit repeated animal welfare offences

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.

Drugs, weapons and suspected stolen jet skis seized by police in Northumberland in rural crime crackdown

Police seized drugs, weapons and even suspected stolen jet skis on roads in Alnwick, Corbridge and Otterburn

Man charged following series of quad bike thefts in Aberdeenshire

Several quad bikes were stolen from the properties in Aberdeenshire over two months.

Land Rover Freelander stolen from South Devon farm found

They discovered that the car had been stolen from a farm in April.

Rare hen harriers are going missing from English grouse moors, says RSPB

The protected birds have been found dead and mutilated but perpetrators are hard to identify because of a lack of evidence in rural areas.

Man arrested in Bristol after police and RSPCA investigation

A man in Bristol has been arrested on suspicion of baiting badgers and possession of weapons after police found dogs, a crossbow and a machete on a raid.

Newark suspects among six charged in £910,000 East Midlands rural crime spree at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court

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

Diesel thieves steal fuel from HGVs in Berry Hill Industrial Estate

LORRIES are being drained of an entire tank of fuel by gangs of thieves as police issue a warning to HGV drivers and businesses to beware.

Tractor fire on Bradninch road near Cullompton Devon

When firefighters arrived on the scene they found not just a tractor on fire but the trailer it was towing well alight, too.

Police seek information on driver acting suspiciously near rural properties in Shropshire

PC Royston Alderwick, of the policing team in Oswestry rural south, said: "Please can I ask you all to look out for a black Ford Ranger.

Police urges Conwy farmers to be vigilant after 'suspicious activity'

Officers from the Rural Crime Team attended the farm and have forensically marked the equipment at the site using Smartwater technology.

Sheep put down after suspected dog attack in Coombe Bissett, Salisbury

Police from Wiltshire's Rural Crime Team and Salisbury CPT suspect the animal had been chased and bitten on the neck by a "large dog".

Man ‘linked to spate of Co Antrim burglaries’ released on bail

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.

Burglars who smashed patio door and stole jewellery linked to white Mercedes

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.

Derry property fire treated as arson, PSNI sa

The fire happened on Monday night in Park vilage

Man arrested by police for rural burglary near Faringdon

Thames Valley Police arrested the male in Swindon on suspicion of a burglary at a rural premise in the Bourton area near Shrivenham.