Agri-Business
Fly-tipping rise: NFU backs new national waste unit to tackle crime 'nightmare'
The National Farmers’ Union has backed the launch of a new national waste unit, hoping it will help in the...
Agri-Business
The National Farmers’ Union has backed the launch of a new national waste unit, hoping it will help in the...
Agri-Business
New figures released by Defra show that incidents of fly-tipping on public land in England have increased by 8% across...
Rural Life
The Government has announced it will step up the fight against rogue ‘man-with-a-van’ waste carriers who fly-tip. The issue has...
Agri-Business
Private rural landowners are calling for stronger enforcement of legal action to help combat the fly-tipping that is blighting the...
Agri-Business
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has urged farmers to ensure their bales are kept in a safe place, away from potential...
Rural Life
Investment in specialist resources and technology will make rural Hampshire and the Isle of Wight “impenetrable” to criminals. This is...
Rural Life
Recent incidences of fly-tipping on farms in north and east Hertfordshire meant they were “blighted by tonnes of rubbish”, according...
Rural Life
Nearly 60% of those surveyed by the Countryside Alliance do not think rural policing has improved since the introduction of...
Machinery
A 26-year-old man from Essex has been arrested after six items of farm machinery and vehicles that had been reported...
Environment
Fly-tipping offences in Scotland are now punishable by on-the-spot fines of £500 as new regulations come into force. The new...
Rural Life
The Leominster Safer Neighbourhood Team’s (SNT) multi-agency rural crime operation – ‘Stop That Sheep’ – has been hailed a success...
Environment
According to the National Waste Crime Survey 2023, 18% of all waste is illegally managed. This figure remains unchanged from...
Rural Life
Police in Angus, Scotland, are working alongside a range of partners to tackle crime in rural communities and enhance crime...
Rural Life
Nearly two thirds (62%) of those in rural communities believe that reporting rural crimes to police is a “waste of...
Rural Life
A quad bike, dozes of hedge trimmers and other stolen tools have been recovered by rural police officers in Dartford,...
Environment
The English, Scottish and Welsh governments have records of all those registered to legally partake in waste collection/disposal and urge...
Government
The Public Accounts Commitee (PAC) has concluded that progress by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in...
Rural Life
A Hampshire man who used Facebook to facilitate his fly-tipping offences has been prosecuted by Wiltshire Council. Nicholas Farmer of...