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Harborough Police have stepped up patrols in a bid to stop criminals taking advantage of closed businesses during the second lockdown. During the first one earlier this year shops, pubs and restaurants were targeted by burglars elsewhere in the region. Officers are also ensuring people are complying with the new restrictions. Sergeant Ryan Coleman from […]

Owners of the Red Lion pub in Great Bowden have welcomed a decision that means they can continue to use an outside bar and kitchen – within a converted storage container – when the pub can re-open. A retrospective planning application has been approved by Harborough District Council with the condition it must be painted […]

Charities supporting the clinically vulnerable have accused the Government of causing “untold amounts of stress”, after new guidance on shielding was published just hours before the start of the new lockdown. The guidance states people in that category are strongly advised to stay at home at all times, unless they are going out for exercise […]

A wind turbine has been transformed into a giant poppy in support of the Royal British Legion’s annual poppy appeal. The 125-metre high structure at Swinford windfarm near Lutterworth had a 90-metre wide poppy head projected onto the blades overnight, along with a cascade of poppies falling down the turbine tower. It was all about […]

As England begins a second national lockdown, Leicestershire Police is warning they will not tolerate people flouting the rules. Up til now officers have initially issued warnings to people found breaching restrictions, but will now use enforcement action against the minority who ignore them. Assistant Chief Constable Kerry Smith, who leads on operational policing for […]

There is a plea today for people to support Market Harborough’s independent business during the lockdown, amid fears some may not survive the next few months. Although the doors of most shops are closed, many are operating on-line, offering free home delivery or click and collect services. Now would normally be the start of the […]

Tips in Market Harborough and Kibworth look set to stay open during the second lockdown. National guidance says the household waste and recycling sites should continue to operate during the next four weeks, where possible to safely do so. Leicestershire County Council says people should only visit if it is essential though and only by […]

Harborough District Council has sold land set for a controversial redevelopment in Market Harborough. The sale to Platform Housing Group means the housing association now owns the whole of the site at the Naseby Square elderly persons’ complex ,on the Southern Estate. Plans to bulldoze bungalows and flats, to make way for 38 new homes, […]

Two men were arrested after Police found a large scale cannabis factory in Upper Bruntingthorpe. Around a hundred plants were found growing in the unit at Walton New Road Business Park. The men, aged 32 and 55, from Bedford, have been questioned on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis and released under investigation while enquiries continue. […]

Harborough Town and Desborough Town football clubs will see their games suspended during the lockdown. The Football Association has announced all ‘non-elite’ fixtures will be put on hold from Thursday until December the 2nd. All training will be be suspended, along with all youth team activities. The Premier League, EFL and National Leagues will all […]