Rural crime

Police Scotland said the equipment had been stolen sometime between the Christmas and the New Year period

Lincolnshire Police said the telehandler had been used to lift an ATM onto a van before the culprits made their escape

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team has urged owners to keep their dogs on a lead when near livestock

Avon and Somerset Police said Piotr Szor had organised for a stolen tractor and telehandler, worth around £80,000, to be shipped to Poland before it was intercepted by officers

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team said the incident could have caused the death of unborn lambs

Lincolnshire Police said the gang had targeted rural communities across the East Midlands, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire

The dog owner was fined and ordered to pay court costs of £790

Hopes new rules will reduce fly tipping on farmland

Having had a busy day cleaning up fencing ready for the arrival of lambs for winter grazing, I attended an open evening at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on behalf of the rural crime team task force of Thames Valley Police

Holmes Farm said firefighters were also working hard to save its shop and granary from the fire