Wiltshire Police said the dog's owner refused to accept any responsibility for the incident

POLICE services across the south-west have united to launch a survey to explore crime in rural communities.

Three men were arrested after being tracked down by Wiltshire Police on the A361 yesterday afternoon (June 12)

Rural Crime Team located and seized the vehicle in Swindon but the horse box is still missing and unaccounted for.

Hundreds of pounds in fines have been given to Swindon fly-tippers as part of a council crackdown on the crime.

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.

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.

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".

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".

A Tory Police and Crime Commissioner has been accused by the Countryside Alliance of not understanding his own anti-hunting rules.

Approximately £10,000 in cash was reportedly stolen in a supermarket burglary in rural Wiltshire.

A Wiltshire man has been charged with multiple offences after a spate of rural crime in the county.

Campaigners have accused Wiltshire Police of "blatant discrimination" after the force banned officers with links to hunting, past or present, from joining its rural crime team.

New regulations ensure officers, staff, volunteers no 'personal links to hunts'
Chris Packham welcomed Wiltshire Police decision, urged others to follow suit
But Countryside Alliance blasted decision to ban as 'blatant discrimination'

Three scrambler bikes have been stolen from a farm near Chippenham.