Barn fire in Stoke Fleming, South Hams

Fast work from firefighters stopped a barn fire in the South Hams from escalating on Thursday evening (March 24).

Police investigate “unexplained death” of a goshawk in Powys

The death is the second such occurrence involving a goshawk in Powys in recent weeks. In March police officers began investigating the death of a goshawk that was found in the Llanidloes area.

A596 Closed following serious collision

The A596 towards Wigton, is currently closed following a serious road traffic collision. Police were called at 1:26pm today (12th April). The incident involved a tractor and Toyota.

Fox suffers serious head injuries after den is dug up in Heysham

Lancaster Police’s Rural Task Force is investigating after a foxes’ den was dug up and a fox left with serious head injuries.

Calls for sea eagle cull as lambs being ‘torn limb from limb’

Sea eagles were driven to extinction in the UK in 1918 but were reintroduced to the Isle of Rum in 1975.

Appeal after heating oil stolen

Police are appealing for information after heating oil was stolen from an address in Walpole St Peter.

Petrol station motorbike theft

The incident happened yesterday (Sunday 10 April 2022) at the Esso Garage on Lynn Road in Hillington between 1.40pm and 1.55pm.

Burnley man to appear in court following alleged rural building site theft

Green being charged comes following an investigation by police into the aleged theft of Ifor Williams trailer ramps from a rural building site in the Knowles Brow area of Clitheroe in September 2021.

Winchester City Council allocated funding for CCTV cameras to snare 'disgraceful' fly-tippers blighting rural roads

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North Wales Police to launch Operation Seabird

VISITORS to the North Wales coast are being asked to bear in mind the impact of their activities on wildlife.

Arson warning after two fires put out at Powys beauty spot

The force’s Rural Crime Team said officers had been on patrol in the Beacons on Sunday, April 10, educating and advising visitors on the dangers of setting fires – adding that national park staff had extinguished two unattended fires in the region over the weekend.

Leyburn: appeal For Stolen Dog

Archie, a seven-year-old red cocker spaniel, was taken in a burglary at his home in the Barden area of Leyburn during the early hours of Friday 8 April.

Appeal following suspected dog attack in Worstead

Police are appealing for information after a number of sheep were killed in a suspected dog attack in Worstead.

Appeal after diesel stolen from truck

Officers are appealing for information after approximately 160 litres of diesel, worth £300, was stolen from a truck.

Appeal after equestrian items stolen

Officers are investigating after a large amount of equestrian items were stolen from a premises in South Staffordshire.

Great Bealings burglary

A residential shed was accessed and a grey electric Gazelle bicycle and a Segway Ninebot electric scooter worth £4000 and £600 respectively were stolen from within.

Police seek man and woman following dog attack which left eight sheep dead

POLICE have launched an appeal in a bid to trace a man and woman following a dog attack incident on grazing land at Statham near Lymm, which resulted in the deaths of eight sheep, including young lambs and an expensive Ram.

Pakenham – theft of cables

This theft is believed to be linked to another incident in Thurston Road in the village that took place between 5pm on Tuesday 29 March and 7am on Wednesday 30 March. Again, this involved the theft of an underground cable.

Nuisance off-road drivers targeted in Darlington

Section 59 warning signs have been erected selected areas to notify potential offenders of the new powers and combat the antisocial behaviour which is often linked to them.

Man charged after theft of Land Rover and number of trailers

Michael Anthony Dunn, 44, of Roche Way, Bloxwich, has been charged with three counts of theft, a burglary (not a dwelling) and theft of a motor vehicle.

Derbyshire dog owners warned farmers can shoot their pets if they are worrying sheep

Derbyshire Police Rural Crime Team is reminding those who walk their dogs near farmers’ fields to keep their dogs under control at all times following a spate of livestock incidents. Livestock worrying is increasingly common, especially in the summer months, as dog owners look to take their pets further afield.

More than £25k-worth of GPS trackers stolen

Police are currently investigating a series of thefts of GPS trackers across rural locations in Staffordshire.

Robbery: five-figure sum of cash stolen in Village of Beauchamp Roding

We were called just before 7pm on Sunday to reports that the victim had had a five-figure sum of cash stolen from him by three men. It is believed that the men involved were armed, and we are treating this as a targeted incident.

Ipswich - criminal damage to church

It took place at St Mary’s Church on Thurleston Lane in Ipswich on Tuesday 5 April at some point between 5pm and 6pm.

Powys public urged to respect nesting ospreys ahead of spring return

Llyn Clywedog, near Llanidloes is one of the few places in Wales to spot ospreys, and the wait for their return is eagerly awaited every spring.

Appeal after tools worth £1,000 stolen from van

Officers are appealing for information after tools, worth £1,000, were stolen from a van in Lower Penn.

Cost of policing badger cull in Derbyshire 2021

Badger culling is a Defra initiative, licensed by Natural England, to carry out targeted culls in selected rural areas in an attempt to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis (TB).

Middleham horseracing yard development plans progress

A MAJOR redevelopment of a leading Middleham racing stable appears to have overcome a hurdle after councillors called on walkers of a popular footpath that crosses a new gallops to use common sense.

Operation Hawkeye launched by police in the North East

A POLICE operation to crackdown on rural crime such as poaching and trespassing will see police use new tools against crooks.

Welshpool police target illegal off-roaders – and need your help

Welshpool Police is enlisting the help of local residents in their fight to stop illegal off roaders churning up forest tracks.

The latest criminal growth industry is fly-tipping - and it's no wonder the countryside is covered in rubbish!

Since 2017, only nine of the 114 cases of fly-tipping have resulted in court action
Fly-tipping is a crime that plagues the cities and countryside of Scotland
Yet likelihood of punishment for despoiling the countryside with waste is small

Rockhouse Dene torched by suspected arson attack

Investigations are currently taking place to establish how the fire was started and who caused it. However, the regional fire service is treating the incident as suspicious.

CCTV installed in bid to catch tyre fly-tipping 'louts'

TWO councils are cracking down on "louts" who have "blighted a beauty spot" with hundreds of fly-tipped tyres on the Bradford/Calderdale border.

Rise in rural crime making Bedfordshire communities 'suspicious' of countryside visitors

The increase in rural crime is making farmers and communities wary of any visitors to Bedfordshire's countryside.

Avon Vale Hunt at Lacock: Men in court

Three men have pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour in a brawl at the Avon Vale Hunt in Lacock on December 27.

Police release CCTV after man "repeatedly" rings doorbells across rural town

CCTV has been released after a man was seen “repeatedly” ringing doorbells in a rural town.

Eastbourne town centre trees cut down due to ‘devastating’ disease

A Sussex Police spokesperson said, “We received a report from a resident who was concerned that workmen had felled two trees which contained active bird nests in Terminus Road.
“The report has been referred to the rural crime team who are investigating.”

Baby goats abandoned in a ditch on rural Dromara lane | USPCA say 'another terrible case involving defenceless young animals being dumped at the roadside'

Baby goats were found malnourished, freezing cold and starving in a ditch and on a rural lane outside Dromara in Co Down, the USPCA have revealed.

Police appeal after nesting birds shot

Police are appealing for information after nesting birds were shot at in the Sennybridge area.

‘Failure in policing’ means Bedfordshire farmers are turning to private security

Farmers using third party security companies to patrol their land is a "failure in policing" and "one step away from vigilantism," a Bedfordshire councillor has claimed.