A police drone was used to catch three people hare coursing, as part of crackdown on rural crime in East Cleveland.

Two men have been issued with community protection warnings following reports of hare coursing on farmland.

Three men have been convicted of poaching offences after they were caught shooting game illegally.

A group of youths deliberately set fire to grassland within yards of a community fire station before fleeing the scene.

Residents have slammed the 'disgusting and shocking' behaviour of off-road bikers

Sergeant Chris Turner, from the Rural Crime Team, said: “Over the coming months as the weather begins to pick up we usually see an increase in reports of antisocial behaviour committed by illegal off-road bikers who are a blight on our community and can represent a danger to pedestrians and other road users.

Two police forces have joined forces to catch criminals following a spate of quadbike and farm machinery thefts.

Police are appealing to trace the couple after two reports of theft at Holdensfield Farm, in Castlelevington, Yarm.

Our officers stopped a vehicle full of scrap when out on patrol in Alston.
This vehicle was known to us due to previous intelligence provided to us by the public.
The driver was found to be wearing no seatbelt and they had no scrap licence for Eden.

Spence is a prolific national offender, having previously been convicted of a number of Poaching offences in North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Norfolk ad Scotland.

The suspected stolen bikes were recovered and the weapons, including two machetes and an axe, were removed from the field.

Cleveland crime commission has pledged that gangs of off-road bikers terrorising Teesside will not go unpunished.

The flames destroyed the area and filled the skies with thick, black smoke at the allotment site which is plagued by thieves and vandals

Rescue services sprang to the alert to help a stricken walker down from a landmark location in the North York Moors.

Cleveland Fire Bridgade was called to tackle the large fire in the grounds on Ormesby Hall, in Middlesbrough after 7pm last night.