Following the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions, Northamptonshire Police is pleased to announce the return of the county’s Community Speed Watch programme.

Without GPS – an essential part of modern farming – harvests can be delayed, and some farmers left unable to work.

Humberside Police is asking people to be aware possible heritage crime across the region following national concerns over thefts at churches and other historic buildings.

Officers from The Rural Crime Action Team attended addresses in Victoria View searching for a suspect.

AN ARMY mechanic claimed the car he was driving was stolen after he led police on a dangerous pursuit through rural Wiltshire in the early hours of the morning.

SHOCKING figures reveal more quad bikes were stolen in Cumbria last year than anywhere else in the country.

Drivers were stopped to ensure they had the correct licences for carrying waste and that their vehicle were in a roadworthy condition.

POLICE are investigating the theft of 12 border collie puppies and a dog from a farm in Bramshaw while workers were lambing early in the morning.

The incident took place between 2.30am and 3.30am on Thursday 24 February 2022 at Kearny Hogg Motorcycles, Bradley Street, Sandiacre.

They were mobilised at 4.46am to reports of the machine on fire on farmland near Templeton.

JAIL sentences have been handed to four men brought to justice after police targeted criminals involved in rural crime across Cumbria, often targeting high-value vehicles.

Two men have been arrested after police ‘stung’ the tyres of the suspected stolen quad bike they were riding.

Officers in Bedfordshire are cracking down on catalytic converter thefts following a spate of incidents reported in the Flitwick and Harlington areas.

NFU Mutual has provided Police Scotland with a 4x4 vehicle as part of its support for the Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC).

Police are appealing for information after a quad bike worth £6,000 was stolen in Tamworth.

Police are appealing for witnesses and warning residents to secure their property after a series of shed thefts in the Grantham area.

A man who was seen on CCTV allegedly taking a push bike from Boston has been charged with theft.

A motorcyclist sustained serious injuries in a collision in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean last week and officers are appealing for witnesses.

Only a few weeks old it was stolen from a storage unit in Cheshire.

Now police have issued an appeal for video footage and information.

Lincolnshire Police have had an increase in reported incidents of Land Rover Defenders being targeted for theft offences.

As a result of the day of action, the rider of a motorbike was reported for licence offences, another rider of a motorbike was issued with a section 59 notice as the bike was reportedly associated with anti-social behaviour, motorists were stopped for speeding and warnings were given to people regarding fishing offences by the Environment Agency.

Operation Yellowfin continues to target criminals who are stealing motorbikes and using them to commit crime and anti-social behaviour.

Police have seized three off road scramblers and reported two males for careless driving, riding with no insurance and no driving licence following a preplanned operation to tackle the alleged anti social behaviour of bikers on off road motorcycles around the tollbar and A46 area on Sunday 6 February 2022.

The change in towing rules has resulted in more new, young trailer drivers amidst a scarcity of horse trailers

Officers are urging tool van owners to secure their vehicles and remove valuables after a spate of thefts this week saw tools stolen.

Local residents reported that several attempts were made to gain entry to a number of vehicles and garages in the area during the early hours of Sunday 6 February.

Officers investigating a robbery in Dronfield are appealing for information.

Both bicycles were stolen from a secure bike storage unit inside student accommodation in Western Road on Sunday 2 February.

North Yorkshire Police is actively increasing patrols in villages within the Selby District. This is following a spate of reported burglaries on the border of South /West Yorkshire.

Hertfordshire Constabulary carried out a week of action as part of a national campaign to combat metal theft.

Police are appealing for witnesses after an HGV was stolen from Long Sutton in Spalding.

Police are urging members of the public to be on the lookout for valuable stolen machinery taken during a burglary near Northallerton.

Gloucestershire Constabulary's Rural Crime Team have reiterated their support for the farming community and local wildlife following another incident of hare coursing and the seizure of a vehicle

Police have recovered an agricultural trailer stolen from a farm at Upper Broughton and arrested a suspect.

Farmers have been advised to beef up security to deter rural thieves looking to cash in on the high demand for quad bikes.

A RURAL insurer has warned farmers to keep quad bikes secure following Aberdeenshire thefts.

The previous offer of a £20K reward to help catch those responsible for a string of copper cable thefts in rural Cambridgeshire (England) has not been effective, yet. Openreach’s (BT) network in the county has again been hit by the crime, which saw 3.4km of underground cable stolen and broadband disrupted for 3,000 properties.

The incident occurred over the weekend in Glutton Bridge and Derbyshire Rural Crime Team are calling for help to identify those responsible.

A SHORTAGE in new and second-hand farm machinery is fuelling a surge in quad theft from Scotland's farms.

A bunch of "not so clever" amateur thieves have been slammed by a local farmer after they stole the world's slowest single use motor vehicle at a local farm last week.

The latest update from West Yorkshire Police says: "Police are in attendance at Valley Farm, Low Lane, Clayton after reports of an aggravated burglary on Monday evening.

RED paint was thrown at a vehicle and windows in an act of vandalism against the property of a retired farmer.

Darryl Preston, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, thanked officers on social media after they shared their victory.

He said: “Well done Cambs Rural Cops! I was out with local farmers reassuring them you’ve been working hard and you haven’t disappointed.”

Farming communities across the Lothians have been hit hard by quad bike theft as police issue warnings and advice.

"Together with our colleagues in the PSNI we are committed to taking a joint approach to protect and reassure communities on both sides of the border.

Crews from three Lincolnshire fire stations were called out to 750 hay bales alight in an incident which police are reporting as arson.

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team is looking for a group of "moron" off-roaders that damaged the terrain of some fields at Glutton Bridge near Buxton.

People have expressed their shock that thieves would take something from a "sacred place", with some saying it is not the first time a church has been targeted in the region

Officers from Thames Valley Police’s rural crime taskforce raided a property near Wheatley on February 17 in connection with the alleged theft of a caravan and generator last December.

A TRACTOR driver was rescued after spending more than 10 hours stranded in floodwater in Powys.
David Jones, aged 64, from Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury, became trapped in the water on his way to a quarry near Llandrinio to collect stone at around 7.30am on Tuesday, 22 February.