Latest figures from rural insurer NFU Mutual show the region has bucked a national trend which saw the cost of attacks on UK livestock falling by 23pc in 2024.

Incidents in East Anglia included an attack by an out-of-control dog which caused severe injuries to one of around 300 sheep grazing at Caistor Roman Town near Norwich in September - prompting a temporary ban of dogs at the popular walking area.

And in December, a distraught Suffolk sheep farmer had to........

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