Agri Safety and Rural Crime news
A new augmented reality project has been launched today to help reinforce the message of farm safety. AR is a growing field of technology where rea...
Farmers and agricultural workers have been told to be aware of the increased prevalence of skin cancer cases. Research commissioned by the Institut...
A County Down farmer has been sentenced to four months in prison after he pleaded guilty to livestock offences. Christopher David Potts, 23, from G...
A vegan activist who stole a pig from a farm in Leicestershire has been spared jail. 23-year-old Wesley Omar was, however, sentenced to a 12-month ...
A union is encouraging farmers to wear a helmet when using quads and other ATVs as Farm Safety Week gets underway. Quad bikes can be a useful piece...
Police are investigating an incident in which two boys set fire to a hay bale, prompting a warning for parents to reiterate good behaviour during the ...
Farmers saved thousands of pigs from a huge farmland blaze by creating fire blocks on the edges of their fields to stop it spreading. The fire star...
A farming family has highlighted the dangers of farms for children following the tragic death of their 3-year-old son Stuart. The farm can be a mag...
A tractor driver has been described as "very lucky" after escaping major injury following a collision into another vehicle in Shropshire. The A49 a...
A criminal has sliced the ears off a sheep in a violent attack in Wales, with police now appealing to the public for more information. Alwyn Huxley...
An annual campaign which aims to shine a spotlight on improving the farming industry's often poor record on safety will begin today. To mark the st...
Sheep farmers have re-emphasised the risks of reintroducing lynx in the UK one year on from the initial licence application by Lynx UK Trust. The N...
Sentences for rural crime must act as a deterrent as concerns grow within the farming industry, the NFU tells the Solicitor General. The farming un...
A 29-year old farmer from Northern Ireland has died following an incident involving farm machinery. Philip Capper was a passenger in a green John D...
A major European police operation that included a big UK presence has seized over 360 tons of illegal or counterfeit pesticides. Operation Silver A...
National Parks, councils, AONBs and Natural England have been urged to work in partnership to mitigate fire risks as much of the UK continues to bask ...
A Cotswold farmer has been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after pleading guilty to seven "appalling" animal welfare offences. Cli...
Conditions are dryer than the fabled summer of 1976 and its putting UK farms at high risk of devastating fires. The UK has basked in prolonged suns...
The search for a farmer who has been missing for more than a month could take "a number of weeks", according to the police. 70-year-old William Tay...
A new initiative named Operation Eyeball has been formed to tackle fly tipping in rural parts of North Yorkshire. Bringing together North Yorkshire...
A new telephone line will give farmers and the public the ability to anonymously notify authorities over incidents such as fly tipping and livestock t...
A farmer who has been missing for more than a month was last seen just days after reporting that his Land Rover had been deliberately set on fire, acc...
A farm in Northern Ireland has shot a dog which strayed onto the property in fear that it would have compromised safety for customers. The dog, und...
Police are investigating following the release of photos which shows two calves trapped in the back of a car in Wales. The viral photographs, poste...
New figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that farming still remains the sector with the poorest safety record. Worker deaths from agri...
