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Tim Passmore elected Chair of the National Rural Crime Network
24.05.2021

Tim Passmore elected Chair of the National Rural Crime Network

Tim Passmore has been elected as the new Chair of the National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) The Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk since 2012, who was re-elected to the role in this month’s elections, was chosen by...

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Rural crime rising three times faster than rest of the country
10.05.2021

Rural crime rising three times faster than rest of the country

The Telegraph reports that crime in rural areas has risen nearly three times faster than the rest of the country in the last decade according to new figures from the National Farmers Union The research, analysed by the Labour...

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Tackling rural crime could get locked into 'cycle of decline' because of perception it is not taken seriously
19.04.2021

Tackling rural crime could get locked into 'cycle of decline' because of perception it is not taken seriously

The BBC and Yorkshire Post have reported on calls from The Countryside Alliance and The National Farmers Union (NFU) for the Police and Crime Commissioner election candidates to put rural crime at the forefront of their campaigns The groups...

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Warning against hiring ‘man and van’ waste removal services through Facebook
07.09.2020

Warning against hiring ‘man and van’ waste removal services through Facebook

The Environment Agency has warned those in the South West against hiring ‘man and van’ rubbish removers on Facebook Using unregistered waste removal firms often means rubbish is dumped or burned, and could mean that those who hire them...

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Countryside residents say there's ‘no point’ calling the police over rural crime
01.09.2020

Countryside residents say there's ‘no point’ calling the police over rural crime

The Mail on Sunday has reported that a quarter of crime victims in rural areas don't report offences as they do not trust police to help Nearly half of countryside residents don't believe officers take rural crime seriously, despite 94 percent...

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CSR – What matters to rural?
17.08.2020

CSR – What matters to rural?

The Rural Services Network is gathering information from it’s member organisations on their key policy asks for the Comprehensive Spending Review The Government is currently looking for representations for CSR, due to be published in Autumn 2020 which will...

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Rural crime rises to highest level for eight years
10.08.2020

Rural crime rises to highest level for eight years

The BBC, Somerset Live and Police Professional published the findings of insurance company NFU Mutual’s 2020 Rural Crime Report, showing that rural crime across the UK is at its highest level for eight years The report expressed concerns that...

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Rural crime rises to £54 million as criminal gangs target farm machinery and livestock
04.08.2020

Rural crime rises to £54 million as criminal gangs target farm machinery and livestock

* All figured used below are provided by NFU Mutual Cost of rural crime at eight year high - up almost 9% in just 12 months Coronavirus effect sees livestock rustling incidents ...

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COVID-19 could create a ‘lost generation’ of vulnerable teenagers
13.07.2020

COVID-19 could create a ‘lost generation’ of vulnerable teenagers

The Guardian and LocalGov report that Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, has called for focused intervention as the country emerges from lockdown, so that tens of thousands of vulnerable teenagers whose lives have been disrupted by COVID-19 aren’t...

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Defra provide guidance to residents to avoid an increase in flytipping during lockdown
04.05.2020

Defra provide guidance to residents to avoid an increase in flytipping during lockdown

Local Authorities are working hard to maintain the majority of waste services running as normal, however some services have been reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak This includes closing most Household Waste & Recycling Centres (tips) and suspending Bulky...

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