Police officers have stepped up patrols in rural areas following the theft of two lambs and a dog attack on a flock of sheep in west Dorset.

The Dorset Police rural crime team has recovered two stolen blue texel lambs in rural Bridport.

A family have been left "devastated" after two lambs were stolen from a field in Bridport.

Police officers stopped more than 20 vehicles as part of an operation to demonstrate how rural crime is tackled in Dorset.

A man has been arrested and a van was seized after an early morning rural burglary in Blandford.

A man has been arrested following the theft of a GPS Dome from a tractor.

About £1,600 worth of equipment for a pony was stolen from its tack room.

A farmer rescued a cow from a slurry pit before firefighters arrived to free a second that had snuck to the back.

Two trailers and farm equipment were stolen in the middle of the night.

Dorset Police has taken part in a multi force operation aimed at deterring people from poaching.

Police have stopped 20 vehicles while on patrol in rural Dorset.

A tractor was stolen and destroyed in a fire in Verwood for the second time in a week.

Three men have been detained and catapults with metal shot seized after suspected poaching.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire had caused damage to a barn including a workshop and three vehicles

Firefighters have rescued two cows after they fell into a slurry pit on a farm in Dorset.