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Kebab firm fined £500,000 over fake lamb labelling
A kebab manufacturer has been ordered to pay more than £759,000 after products sold as lamb were found to contain little or no lamb. Kismet Kebabs…
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Fly-tipping now a national criminal enterprise, report warns
Fly-tipping has become a large-scale criminal enterprise, with weak enforcement leaving farmers, landowners and rural businesses to pay the price, a…
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Cornish dairy farmer banned from keeping livestock
A Cornish dairy farmer has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from keeping livestock for five years after admitting 13 animal welfare…
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Rural crime falls to £41.5m but quad and livestock theft rise
Rural crime cost the UK £41.5 million last year, but NFU Mutual has warned that quad bike, ATV, agricultural vehicle and livestock theft are…
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Fuel thefts surge 120% as farms and rural sites targeted
Farmers and rural businesses are being urged to step up fuel security after new figures showed thefts have risen by 120% across the UK. DeterTech…
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Farmers warned after £22k digger stolen in online scam
Farmers and machinery buyers are being urged to carry out checks before purchasing used equipment after a Volvo mini digger worth around £22,000 was…
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Repeat slurry pollution costs Devon farm nearly £20,000
A Devon farm partnership has been ordered to pay £19,468 after repeated slurry pollution incidents affected a tributary of the River Yarty. D I & R…
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Wiltshire fly-tipper hit with £1,000 fine over farmland dumping
A fly-tipper who dumped black sacks of household rubbish across a farmer’s gate entrance in Wiltshire has been hit with a £1,000 fine as pressure…
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Farmer fined after digestate spill kills more than 1,600 fish
A Cornish farmer has been fined after a digestate spill killed more than 1,600 fish and caused lasting damage to a protected river. Truro Magistrates…
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Defra tightens waste carrier checks after cow approved for permit
A cow approved for a waste carrier licence in less than three seconds has sparked a major government crackdown on rogue waste operators and…
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