Rural crime

The party says the policy would be funded by scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales.

Ministers are making efforts to tackle growing rural crime but there are calls for more to be done.

Wiltshire PCC argues for tougher sentences

Paul Doherty and John Head were seen acting suspiciously on private land, a court hears.

Sir Ed Davey calls for a strategy to tackle the "appalling criminality" of countryside gangs.

Farmers warn there has been an increase in willingness to commit violence to farmers and gamekeepers.

A new operation tackles the rising theft of farming equipment which is being sold on the black market.

The men, who have been fined, have charges of hunting a wild animal with dogs withdrawn.