A crackdown on flytipping in Swindon and Wiltshire is being led by the region's Police and Crime Commissioner.

Calne police station to become base for Wiltshire rural crime team

PC Knight is said to have posted photos of herself at both the Avon Vale and Beaufort hunts onto her personal Facebook page.

ANTI-HUNTING activists are planning to stage a protest outside Wiltshire Police headquarters following allegations an officer had ties to two fox hunting groups.

The appointment of a rural crime officer at Wiltshire Police has sparked controversy online – after it was claimed that she is a member of a ‘banned’ hunt.

The driver of a 4x4 towing a trailer full of sheep has been fined after being stopped by police in Wiltshire.

Video circulated in the media and shared to Wiltshire Police appears to show offences taking place
Appeal to members of public for support in identifying those in the footage
We are actively investigating the circumstances depicted

In the phone footage revealed by ITV News, people - alleged to be members of the Avon Vale Hunt - dig up a wild den in the countryside and retrieve a fox from it for their hounds to chase after.

Police are trying to locate two vintage tractors after they were stolen from a barn near Landford.

Over three tonnes of litter have been collected in the south and west of Wiltshire and on the A429 in Malmesbury.

A 'FACEBOOK fly-tipper' has been banned from driving and will have his vehicle crushed.

A company that makes dairy and farm hygiene chemicals in Wiltshire has been fined after a large cloud of toxic gas was released into its factory.

Wiltshire cut back on its rural team in recent years, but now Wiltshire's Police Commissioner Philip Wilkinson is determined to turn that tide with more officers and specialist kit.

Wiltshire Police's Rural Crime Team are reminding people to be vigilant but not to panic after the "suspicious incident" in the early hours of the night on Friday, September 9.

Miles of traffic built up on the A419 after a hay lorry was involved in an accident with another lorry.