Following the suspected arson at Malmesbury Abbey on Friday (03/06), we have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of arson. He has been interviewed under caution and released on bail.

Wiltshire Police has launched an investigation after having found a dead deer in South Marston outside of Swindon.

In England’s largest raptor persecution case, Archie Watson, 21, of Dragon Lane, Manningford Bruce, Pewsey pleaded guilty to possession of dead birds - three red kites, five buzzards and a herring or black-backed gull - contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

A driver transporting tractors was stopped by police near Trowbridge this morning (Wednesday, May 25).

Britain’s ‘largest raptor persecution case’ is to be heard in court after police charged a gamekeeper with numerous offences.

A WILTSHIRE farming family today pleaded with walkers not to interfere with electric fences, farm gates and warning signs designed to protect their herd of cattle and the public.

A Wiltshire man has been ordered to appear in court on charges in relation to having and killing wild raptor birds including red kites and buzzards.

The fire had broken out in the engine compartment of the telehandler.

Local farmers have pleaded for people to respect the countryside after months of anti-social behaviour which has put them and their livestock at risk. Issues include electric fences being turned off, farm gates left open or shut when there have been clear signs and signs removed that warn of ‘bull in field’.

An investigation has been launched into an attempted burglary in a rural Wiltshire village

Police are investigating alleged Hunting Act offences in the Swindon area. Officers have released pictures of two men they want to trace.

Gretchen Winter, of Netherstreet Farm, has been plagued by a series of unexplained and dangerous episodes caused by people walking on land at Roundway, where her herd of Galloway cattle are currently grazing.

Wiltshire Police said the birds at Shaftesbury Lake have been repeatedly harassed despite efforts to protect them.

Three men have pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour in a brawl at the Avon Vale Hunt in Lacock on December 27.

Officers remain at the site while the drugs production operation is dismantled and enquiries are carried out. They are likely to remain on scene for a number of days.