A farmer who hired diggers and builders to illegally rip out trees along a riverbank was yesterday jailed for 12 months. John Price, 68, claimed he stripped out trees and dredged a section of the ...

The court was shown photographs taken before and after the damage Fixing damage caused by a farmer who illegally ripped up trees from the banks of a river may cost about £700,000, the Environment ...

The Environment Agency has forced its way on to a section of a river after reports it had been "bulldozed" in what the local wildlife trust described as a "crime against the environment". The ...

A farmer who was jailed alongside drug dealers and rapists for bulldozing a riverbank has been hailed as a hero by villagers who insist his actions prevented flooding. John Price, 69, hired diggers ...

A farmer has been jailed after illegally bulldozing a riverside beauty spot, causing a "devastating" effect on local wildlife. John Price, 68, claimed he used a digger to dredge a stretch of the River ...

A ROGUE farmer who turned a thriving river into a "lifeless" canal to "stop homes flooding" has been jailed. Multi-millionaire John Price, 68, illegally tore down trees and stripped the banks of the ...

Authorities have launched an investigation after a stretch of Hertfordshire river important to wildlife was bulldozed. The works were labelled a "tragedy" after the mile-long stretch of a protected ...

A farmer who hired diggers and bulldozers to illegally rip up trees along the banks of a river has been jailed for 12 months. John Price admitted seven charges of damaging a stretch of the River Lugg ...

A Herefordshire potato, beef and cereal farmer has been jailed for 12 months for damaging a protected stretch of the River Lugg. John Price, 68, has also been disqualified from acting as a company ...

An online petition has been launched urging support for a Herefordshire farmer who carried out river works along the protected River Lugg. John Price, a potato, cereal and beef farmer from Day House ...