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The Rural Services Network has welcomed the launch of a website to tackle countryside crime. Rural communities are being encouraged to add their experiences to the National Rural Crime Network website. The National Rural Crime...
RURAL communities are being asked to add their experiences to a website tackling crime in the countryside. The National Rural Crime Network champions a better understanding of crime in rural areas, and new and effective ways...
POLICE and rural community leaders are discussing ways of coordinating action in the fight against rural crime. Rural insurer NFU Mutual is sponsoring a special seminar to explore ways in which business, communities and the police...
POLICE are receiving a helping hand from rural residents as they target criminals in Northumberland. Operation Recovery has seen officers make arrests and recover stolen property after burglaries in rural communities. The initiative, which started last summer, ...
FIVE people were arrested as police targeted rural crime hotspots and travelling criminals in North Yorkshire. The hard-hitting "day of action" on Thursday (26 February) saw suspected stolen property recovered, Class A drugs seized and a suspected drink...
A CLAMPDOWN against rural crime in Avon and Somerset yielded good results, say police. Dozens of officers across the Avon and Somerset force area took part in an overnight operation to deter and disrupt rural crime on Friday...
Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime. To read more from this BBC article, click here ....
Hertfordshire’s crime commissioner is working in conjunction with an animal charity in an effort to tackle the countywide problem of ‘fly-grazing’ and stray horses. Fly-grazing involves using someone else’s land, without permission, to graze animals which are often in...
A new Rural Crime prevention leaflet is available on the North Yorkshire Police website at http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/ruralcrimeleaflet...
139 vehicles were stopped last night and cash and drugs seized in a joint police operation across the north of England. Five police forces took part in Operation Checkpoint which ran from 3pm to 1am on Tuesday 25 November...
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Amid reduced public spending, fair resource allocation across regions is crucial. Despite a population larger than Greater London, rural areas receive significantly less funding for essential services, even though delivering these services in rural areas is more expensive.
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