Farm & Equine Only County

Three men have been jailed yesterday (27/3/20) after admitting carrying out a campaign of barbaric illegal sheep butchery across Northamptonshire. Robert Iordan, Florin Nutu and Viorel Manu’s attacks on sheep and lambs in the dead of night throughout last summer had the county’s livestock farming community gripped in fear. But they were hunted down by Northamptonshire…

Appeal from Warwickshire Rural Hub: The current coronavirus crisis is affecting all of us.  But what if you were a farmer unable to feed your stock because of your own self-isolation, or because all of your staff had been required to self-isolate for 7 or 14 days? And what if you also required help with…

Throughout this period, Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards is endeavouring to keep Warwickshire consumers and businesses updated on Trading Standards related Coronavirus (COVID-19) issues including scams, doorstep crime and business advice/regulations.  Please see the attached document fro more information: Trading Standards Coronavirus Scam Alert Warwickshire residents warned of scam COVID-19 texts Following yesterday’s genuine GOV.UK…

In Warwickshire a range of organisations including local Councils, Fire and Rescue, the Police, the Probation Service, Health and Third Sector organisations work together to address community safety through the Safer Warwickshire Partnership Board. The Board aims to create safer communities and wants to understand what residents and businesses are currently concerned about in relation…

Please see the attached two documents with information and advice on home working for businesses and employees: Employees – safe-telework_employees Employers/Businesses – safe-telework_employers

From speaking with our NFU there are real concerns regarding people using public footpaths through farm yards and next to farm buildings. Some farmers, for a number of reasons, are in self isolatation, so please try to avoid these areas when taking your daily exercise. There is also concern about numerous people touching the same…

COVID-19 Community-Led Support Groups Warwickshire County Council is aware that a large number of community-led support groups, many of them informal groups, are emerging in response to COVID-19. These groups are providing invaluable local support and we’re keen to know about, engage and communicate with them. If you are providing community led-support we would be…

Warwickshire Police is working closely with partners, planning ahead and committed to keeping people safe in the county. This is the message from the force’s Chief Constable as he also praised the immense efforts of the county’s health colleagues and the local volunteers who are stepping forward to help support the most vulnerable and those…

Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Barnardo’s and Warwickshire County Council are supporting the National Child Exploitation Awareness Day on Wednesday (18 March) by running an awareness week this week. Child exploitation (CE) is a type of child abuse and involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18. Police,…

A man convicted in December 2019 of seven offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 has been ordered to forfeit £4,000 in cash and two Rolex watches. Simon Davis, 35, of Acacia Crescent, Bedworth, was the subject of an RSPCA investigation, supported by Warwickshire Police, into his commercial dog breeding business known as Lions Lair…