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A man who carried out a cyber-attack at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough has been jailed for 21 months. Adam Georgeson, who previously worked as an IT technician at the school, hacked into its computer systems last January, wiping data and changing passwords, stopping anyone from accessing them. His actions prevented remote learning for […]

Harborough Police recovered a quad bike and trailer within three hours of them being stolen from a farm in Glooston. The thieves struck just before 3.30pm yesterday – it is believed the quad was loaded into the back of a van and the cattle trailer then attached. A search was launched immediately by officers, who […]

Police seized an uninsured car believed to be linked to criminality after officers noticed it parked up in Great Bowden last night. No-one was with it on Langton Road, but drills and other items inside raised concerns. The number plate had also been tampered with. A full search of the vehicle is taking place today […]

Plans to rename Leicestershire Police have been branded ‘nonsense’ by the Police Federation. Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has launched a consultation on changing it to Leicestershire and Rutland Police, saying communities in Rutland, which the force also serves, don’t feel an affinity with it. But the Federation, which represents rank and file officers, […]

Leicestershire Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a puppy was stolen from a car. The four-month-old Cocker Spaniel called Fudge was taken from a car at Fosse Meadows Country Park, near Broughton Astley, at around 9.45am yesterday. Fudge’s owner had locked him in his black Vauxhall Astra and when he returned a few […]

Eight places in the Harborough District have made the final of the Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards. Nevill Holt Opera, Boboli restaurant in Kibworth Harcourt, Brook Meadow holiday farm in Sibbertoft, Windmill Farm Park in Kibworth and the Wistow Café are among those to be shortlisted in a range of categories. The winners of the […]

A delivery driver has been jailed for causing a head-on crash near Lutterworth by driving on the wrong side of the road. Constantin Muscalu’s box van collided head-on with a lorry on the A426 Rugby Road, near Cotesbach, in the early hours of March 20th 2020. Both drivers suffered serious injuries and spent several weeks […]

Work has begun on a new affordable housing development in Market Harborough. 27 houses will go up at the back of Tymecrosse Gardens on the Alvington Way estate, which will be sold for shared ownership or let at an affordable rent, to help locals struggling to afford their own home. Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) […]

A Market Harborough care home has been ordered to make urgent improvements after being rated ‘inadequate’ by inspectors. The Care Quality Commission carried out an unannounced inspection at Lenthall House in December, following concerns about staffing levels, recurrent falls and a lack of management oversight. The inspection report states over a 24 day period, consisting […]

A model railway collection is expected to fetch up to £80,000 when it is auctioned in Market Harborough. The 700 lots will go under the hammer at Gildings Auctioneers later this month. The collection of HO and N gauge model railways and signage was amassed by the owner on the many trips he took across Europe […]