Rural crime

Allan Thursby pleads not guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of an eight-year-old boy who died in Eden Valley

Police issue warning to youngsters after pair caused thousand of pounds' damage to crops

Wiltshire Police have named the individuals arrested in connection with hare coursing across rural land near Ludgershall

The man faces nine charges in total including failure to dispose of a dead bull carcass at his farm near Pontrobert

Criminals dumped waste across 8,000 square metres of land near the A34 in Kidlington which was finally put to an end in October 2025 after officers shut down the site

Nearly 4,000 crimes were recorded at churches across the UK in 2025, amounting to more than 10 a day

‘Beau Vine’ a Charolais-Cross cow in Wiltshire was approved for upper tier waste carrier license in under three seconds, with no checks or questions asked

Essex grower says police need more powers to address increasingly violent incidents

Campaigners and survivors said domestic abuse in rural areas is ruining the lives of men, women, children and families

Pest controllers working at a chicken factory in Norfolk were killed after entering an area where nitrogen gas had replaced oxygen in the atmosphere