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Reporter Chris Brayford discusses the impact livestock worrying can have on farmers and why respect from dog owners for the countryside is paramount to solving the problem in the future.

Police said the financial and emotional damage to the farmer would be felt for a 'long time'

The Environment Agency said Neil Dyke had taken suspected samples of pollution from an investigating officer and then drove off in his tractor

Statistics from NFU Mutual revealed the cost of crime had cost the 10 counties nearly £20 million combined

Cheshire Police said it was the second incident of livestock worrying concerning the dog walker, and the third involving the dog (WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES)

HGV driver Tony Williams died in December 2020 after two hay bales fell onto him while he was unloading them on a farm in Cheshire

NFU Mutual has released its annual crime report which found incidents had cost farm businesses £52.8m

The Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs said Fintona farmer Henry McCarney had caused 'extensive' pollution to a tributary of the Eskragh Water from a farm effluent spill

Officers said more than 35 lambs had been stolen from a farms in Perton and Heckington

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it had sent 10 fire engines to deal with the incident