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Landowners continue to pay the price for fly-tipping Published on 14 Oct 2025
Waste crime concerns
Article- Authors
- Lee Murphy
- Regions
- The East
- Strapline
- Landowners continue to pay the price for fly-tipping
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- Waste crime concerns
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Growers and distributors of plant protection products (PPPs) should be on their guard against organised rural crime
Published on 20 Feb 2023
- Authors
- Lee Murphy
- Campaigns
- Rural Crime
- Regions
- The East
- Strapline
- Growers and distributors of plant protection products (PPPs) should be on their guard against organised rural crime
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- Warning to growers after “well organised” raid on Norfolk agrochemical store
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Thames Valley Police's Rural Crime Taskforce appeals for farmers to inspect stables and sheds
Published on 6 Sep 2023
- Authors
- Mike Sims
- Campaigns
- Rural Crime
- Regions
- The South East
- Strapline
- Thames Valley Police's Rural Crime Taskforce appeals for farmers to inspect stables and sheds
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- Warning to check outbuildings issued after £300,000 worth of stolen equipment found in barn
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Warning for Labour as one in three voters say they will not back the party at the next Senedd election
Published on 4 Mar 2026
- Authors
- Sarah Wells-Gaston
- Campaigns
- Rural Powerhouse
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- One in three traditional Labour voters say they will not back the party at the next Senedd election
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- Warning for Labour as party runs fourth in rural Wales
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Gloucestershire Police is warning trailer owners to be vigilant following a number of thefts this week.
Published on 12 Aug 2022
- Campaigns
- Rural Crime
- Regions
- The South West
- Strapline
- Gloucestershire Police is warning trailer owners to be vigilant following a number of thefts this week.
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- Warning following thefts of trailers across Gloucestershire this week
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Farmers and rural business-owners who have created tourist accommodation should not be the unintended victims of the Welsh Government’s "Three Pronged Approach" announced by the Climate Change Minister, to address what it refers to as a second-homes crisis in parts of Wales
Published on 7 Jul 2021
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- Farmers and rural business-owners who have created tourist accommodation should not be the unintended victims of the Welsh Government’s "Three Pronged Approach" announced by the Climate Change Minister, to address what it refers to as a second-homes crisis in parts of Wales
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- Wales’ tourism industry must not be impaled on the three-pronged approach to second homes
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Blog: The Welsh Senedd election will be among the first judgements the electorate will make on Brexit, Covid 19 and much more.
Published on 15 Mar 2021
- Campaigns
- Rural Powerhouse
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- In this blog we discuss how Wales' Senedd elections in May will send signals beyond Offa's Dyke in our very different post-pandemic world.
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- Wales’ rural voters might have a message for all UK
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Rural Wales will continue to fall behind if the UK and Welsh Governments and the network operators do not collaborate and face-up to their respective responsibilities, and create a fit-for-purpose future electricity grid: our response to a new House of Commons Committee Report.
Published on 27 Oct 2022
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- “A better case for levelling-up for under-privileged rural areas could not be made.”
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- Wales’ poor grid capacity will ensure net zero isn’t reached – and rural communities will continue to be left behind
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NRW's proposed price hikes for unavoidable licences and to comply with regulation are "potential business-busters." We're calling for NRW to think again, focusing on the impact on farms.
Published on 12 Dec 2022
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- Wales
- Strapline
- We're calling on NRW to think again about the impact of their proposed increases in unavoidable costs to farmers - speaking in one voice with the farming unions in Wales.
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- Wales’ farmers: “NRW’s price hikes for regulation unacceptable in current climate”
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There's better ways to tackle the problem than the blanket ban and closed-periods for spreading
Published on 4 Mar 2021
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- We vow to keep on fighting for Welsh farmers. The White Paper on Agriculture offers a better way to deal with the problem in a more targeted approach
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- Wales’ White Paper on farming offers better solutions for tackling agricultural pollution
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CLA Cymru Senior Policy Adviser Fraser McAuley unpacks some of the detail behind Welsh Government’s future farming policy and what this means for members
Published on 6 Jul 2022
- Authors
- Fraser McAuley
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- CLA Cymru Senior Policy Adviser Fraser McAuley unpacks some of the detail behind Welsh Government’s future farming policy and what this means for members
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- Wales’ Sustainable Farming Scheme explained
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Following our call for a Rural Crime Taskforce, the Welsh Government is to pilot a Rural Crime Coordinator role. He/she needs the tools - including sufficient time - to do the job
Published on 24 Mar 2021
- Campaigns
- Rural Crime
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- It’s a significant acknowledgement that something’s got to be done, and our police forces need support proportionate to the challenges they face. We’ve been calling for a rural crime taskforce to be created to support and work with the police forces, local authorities and other stakeholders
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- Wales’ Rural Crime Coordinator needs the tools to do the job