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'Operation Checkpoint' stop checks over one hundred farm vehicles
Five police forces covering 6,500 square miles of northern England have come together in the largest rural policing operation of its kind. Dozens of…
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Pilot worker scheme will have 'little effect' on current shortages UK farms
The government's new pilot scheme to attract non-EU farm workers after Brexit has been criticised by farmers and growers for not going far enough to…
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Farmer labelled 'persistent waste criminal' handed further jail time
A farmer who has been described as a "persistent waste criminal" has been given another 22 weeks sentence for waste crimes. John Bruce, aged 46, has…
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Video illustrates dangers of ‘silent killer’ hydrogen sulphide when mixing slurry
A Scottish farmer has shared a video which illustrates the dangers of the ‘silent killer’ that is hydrogen sulphide when mixing slurry. The dangers…
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Eight modern day slavery victims rescued on Cambs farm
Eight suspected modern day slavery victims have been rescued in a raid on a Cambridgeshire farm. A multi-agency operation was carried out in…
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Farmer and wildlife expert dies in farmland accident
Farmer and wildlife expert Johnny Kingdom has been killed in an accident involving a digger on his farmland. Mr Kingdom, who specialised in his local…
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Tests find antimicrobial resistance in all types of meat bacteria
Tests have found antimicrobial resistance in a proportion of all types of bacteria examined in samples of chicken and pork, a new report has…
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Scottish safety group revives efforts to cut fatality figures on-farm
A new campaign has been launched to improve Scotland's farm safety record, which continues to be one of the poorest in the UK. The Farm Safety…
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Man dies following accident on County Tyrone farm
A man in his 60s has died following an accident on a farm in County Tyrone. The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) is now…
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Cutting recycling centre opening hours will increase waste crime, CLA says
Proposals to cut the opening hours of recycling centres as well as introducing charges for certain items may lead to an increase in fly-tipping…
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