A farmer who swindled creditors out of almost a million pounds before going on the run to avoid being jailed has been ordered to repay just £230.

Suffolk Constabulary is building stronger links with the farming community to reduce rural and agricultural crime.

Police are appealing for information after a sheep was killed with a hammer and stolen from a field.

Police are appealing for witnesses to two burglaries that took place near an east Suffolk town.

A widow has been left ‘distraught’ after her late husband’s beloved vintage tractor was stolen.

Suffolk County Council has become the third council to defy the vegan trend seen across the UK and instead show its support for livestock farmers.

Police are calling on the public to provide more information after arsonists set fire to a large stack of straw in Reydon, Suffolk.

Police are treating a large field fire in a Suffolk village as suspected arson.

Sergeant Brian Calver of Suffolk Constabulary’s Rural and Wildlife Crime team said: “This crime was not an opportunist moment. This was organised, planned criminality, targeting our heritage. We’ll never know just how much history and knowledge has been lost as a result of their offending, purely for selfish gain.

Sergeant Brian Calver, of Suffolk Constabulary’s Rural and Wildlife Crime team, said:

“This is a particularly disturbing case.

Police are appealing for information after a brass cross and lectern were stolen from St Mary’s Church in Burstall, near Hadleigh.

The male in his 70s and from the Brandon area was arrested yesterday (Monday 27 March) on suspicion of killing/taking a schedule 1 wild bird, possession of a schedule one wild bird and breach of firearms licence conditions.

Police have revealed that Suffolk has been hit by a spike in heating oil thefts- with nearly six times as many this year, compared to the same time last year- as criminals take advantage of surging prices.

Farmers and law enforcement agencies must work together to gather data which can be vital in tackling rural crime gangs, said Suffolk's police commissioner.

Thieves have targeted a rural home in the Suffolk countryside and stolen about 200 litres of heating oil.