N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been sentenced today (Friday, October 2, 2026) at Newry Crown Court for breaches of waste legislation.
A farmer from Co. Antrim has been convicted at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence.
The Police Service Northern Ireland has arrested a man aged in his 50s on suspicion of theft of diesel and fraud "by false representation".
Court
A farming couple from Staffordshire have been banned from keeping livestock for 12 years after being found guilty of animal welfare offences.
A man and business have been sentenced in a Northern Ireland court following a fatal workplace telehandler accident in 2022.
A judge has banned a Northern Ireland farmer from keeping animals after a welfare investigation led to 19 calves being euthanised.
A Northern Ireland-based food business has been fined £2,000 in court for breaches of food hygiene legislation.
A Tyrone farmer was sentenced today at a court in Dungannon following “multiple welfare inspections” by DAERA.
Environment
Environment Agency urged farmers to report pollution incidents following a situation in Cornwall where a spill of digestate resulted in a major fish kill.
Sheep
A dog owner, whose dogs killed 35 sheep and injured 14 more after being "dangerously out of control", has been fined.
A North Yorkshire farmer has been handed a two-year sentence after he allowed thousands tonnes of waste to be illegally dumped on his land.
Agri-Business
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment against six people in connection to a major VAT fraud scheme involving diesel
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court for water pollution offence that resulted in a fish kill.
Rural Life
A farmer has been fined nearly £11,000 after a court prosecuted him for "extensive breaches of cattle movement and TB testing regulations".
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence that resulted in a fish kill on the Six Mile Water.
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court in relation to a water pollution offence affecting the the Tempo River.
A 75-year-old man said he feared for his life after being attacked by cows while walking his dog on a public footpath in Cornwall.
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been banned from owning or looking after animals following a conviction at Dungannon Court.