Government steps up 'environment crime' penalties to protect nature and the great outdoors
Essex MP Kemi Badenoch says countryside residents 'should feel safe in their homes'
Members of the public who damage farmland must face harsher punishments, say farmers following a spike in reckless behaviour that has led to incidents of livestock worrying, wildfires and crop destruction
Dairy Farmer, Abi Reader from the Vale of Glamorgan has been campaigning for a designated rural crime team in South Wales for over 10 years
Organised criminals are travelling the length and breadth of the UK for highly-valued and easily portable GPS kits, raiding farms most recently in Scotland, North West and North East England
Devon & Cornwall Police reveal force tractor to show their commitment to tackling rural crime within the community.
The high value equipment had been stolen from tractors in Cheshire