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A stranger danger alert has been issued in Broughton Astley after a student was approached by a man in a car. It happened near the Spar Shop on Coventry Road as the boy was walking home from Thomas Estley Community College on Friday afternoon. The man, who was driving a dark blue car, spoke to […]

Polling stations have opened for today’s local elections. There are County Council elections in Leicestershire and Unitary Authority polls in Northants, as well as Police and Crime Commissioner ballots in both counties. A by-election is also taking place in the Little Bowden Ward to elect a new councillor onto Harborough District Council and villagers in […]

A shoplifter who stole items worth over £1,000 from a Market Harborough shop has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Owen Hurst-Palmer targeted Superdrug on The Square three times in eleven days last August, stealing a large quantity of face creams and vitamins, which he placed into a ‘bag for life.’ He also stole razor […]

A new state-of-the-art all-weather sports pitch has opened at Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough. The floodlit facility, which has cost nearly a million pounds, will be used by students, community groups and be the new home for Market Harborough Hockey Club. Grants, including from Sport England and Harborough District Council helped pay for it. […]

East Midlands Railway say strike action called by the RMT Union will not affect services from Market Harborough. Senior Conductors working on the company’s regional trains will walk out on three Sundays later this month, in a dispute over pay and hours. The company says services on the Midland Mainline will be unaffected, as those […]

More charging points for electric vehicles could be installed in Market Harborough. The District Council is considering bidding for over £54,000 of government cash towards the cost of placing ten in the Doddridge Road, St Mary’s Road West and Angel Street car parks. There are currently 244 battery-powered cars registered in the district, according to […]

Police say no-one was injured after a crash on the A14 during this morning’s rush hour. Two cars and a lorry were involved in collision between junction 2 at Kelmarsh and Junction 3, the A6 turn near Rothwell, just before 7.45am. East Midlands Ambulance Service also attended, but no injuries were reported. The crash led […]

A pet cat that got stuck down a 20ft well for ten days is back home safe and well. Flea, who will soon be a year old, was rescued by firefighters after meowing was heard coming from the well in a neighbour’s garden. Crews were called to Main Street, near Loddington, near Rothwell, yesterday afternoon, and […]

The plan to make Market Harborough’s former Angel Hotel a permanent base for Brooke House College is set for the go-ahead. Council planning officers are recommending approval for the change of use of the historic High Street building, which shut as a hotel last year, so it can provide all the college’s catering facilities and […]

Drivers are being warned Scotland Road in Little Bowden will be closed overnight for the next three days while drainage work takes place at the railway bridge. It will be shut from 10pm til 6am, with the Network Rail work due to be completed by Friday morning. A diversion will be signposted via Bellfield Lane, […]