Rural Life
Appeal to rural communities to help farmers protect livestock
South Yorkshire Police has appealed to those living in rural communities to help their local farmers protect their livestock after...
Police
Rural Life
Six men charged for rural thefts worth nearly £1 million
Six men have been charged in relation to rural thefts and burglary conspiracy worth nearly £1 million after a police...
Rural Life
Pensioner left with 'serious injuries' after tractor crash
A collision involving a tractor has left its driver, a 91-year-old pensioner, with “serious injuries”. Northumbria Police attended the scene...
Rural Life
Dog owner pays shepherd after sheep worrying incident
A woman has paid £300 in compensation to a shepherd after a livestock worrying incident involving her dog led to...
Sheep
Northamptonshire Police appeal for info on fatal sheep worrying incident
Rural crime officers from Northamptonshire Police have appealed for information regarding a livestock worrying incident which led to the death...
Rural Life
7 men sentenced for trespassing and poaching in Oxfordshire
Seven men have been sentenced for entering land as a trespasser with poaching equipment in Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire. Following a...
Rural Life
Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire
Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area...
N.Ireland
NI man arrested for possible badger baiting
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has arrested a 34-year-old Fermanagh man in connection with animal cruelty. The man...
Machinery
7 men sentenced for handling stolen machinery worth £1.3m
Seven men have been sentenced for their parts in the handling and sale of stolen machinery worth over £1 million....
Rural Life
Further arrests made amid 'spate of burglaries' in rural Wales
North Wales Police has said two more people have been arrested following a “spate of burglaries” in rural communities in...
Rural Life
Derbyshire Police's off-road bikes to help tackle 'rural problems'
Derbyshire Police is set to get new off-road bikes to help them tackle “rural problems” like machinery theft, trespassing and...
Rural Life
Police investigating 70,000L diesel theft in Carmarthenshire
Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating the theft of approximately 70,000L of diesel from the Oil4Wales fuel depot in Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire. The...
Rural Life
62% of rural residents believe reporting crime is a 'waste of time'
Nearly two thirds (62%) of those in rural communities believe that reporting rural crimes to police is a “waste of...
Rural Life
One dead and another seriously injured in Welsh farm incident
One man has died and another 42-year-old man has been seriously injured in a farm incident in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police...
Rural Life
Police rescue 72-year-old man from Cornwall bog
Devon and Cornwall Police’s rural affairs team has said it rescued a 72-year-old man who was “stranded” in a blanket...
Rural Life
3 men charged with hare coursing and livestock worrying
Three men have been charged in connection with hare coursing, being in charge of a dog worrying livestock and trespassing...
Rural Life
New police ATV to help protect rural Bodmin Moor area
Devon and Cornwall Police have deployed the area’s first ATV policing vehicle in the Bodmin Moor area with the aim...
Rural Life
Rural crime: Man arrested on suspicion of ATV burglary
Northumbria Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of burglary after a spate of burglaries in rural Northumberland. It...
