Firefighters battled a combine harvester fire near Bicester last night amid warnings about 'extremely dry' conditions.

A livestock keeper has been found guilty of breaching bovine TB and animal traceability rules.

Thieves have broken into a shipping container and stolen a tonne’s worth of pheasant feed.

Thames Valley Police received reports of the multiple thefts of a vehicle and a group of offenders stealing three mopeds on the respective dates.

On Tuesday (July 12), Thames Valley Police’s Rural Crime Taskforce reunited a resident with her stolen horse trailer.

A would-be professional photographer who shared sexual messages with underage ‘girls’ also had sheep pornography on his computer.

Update – detectives have travelled to Wales to interview two men after a horse trailer was recovered near Banbury. The men were discovered at the ferry port in Pembrokeshire.

A lucky horse owner will be able to transport their animal again after Banbury police recovered their stolen trailer.

Costly farm machinery has been stolen in a spree of burglaries affecting rural areas.

To ensure Thames Valley area remains a hostile environment for criminals to operate, the TVP rural crime taskforce have been spot checking vehicles throughout the region.

Costly farm machinery has been stolen in a spree of burglaries affecting rural areas.

Police have rallied together and been pulling over vehicles suspected of being involved in pony and trap racing after receiving intelligence that the disruptive practice would be returning today.

TVP Rural Crime Taskforce tweeted on June 28 that the man has been interviewed and released under investigation.

Rural Crime Taskforce Inspector, Stuart Hutchings, said: “The aim is a multi-team operation focusing on tackling plant theft, farm theft, trailers, caravans, and horse boxes that are being stolen.

Thames Valley Police's Rural Crime Taskforce is seeking owners for two dogs seized in Kidlington.