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East Midlands Ambulance Service is set to spend £1m retaining private ambulance services for another three months in order to meet “unprecedented demand”. It currently uses 28 private emergency crews alongside its own each day, but had planned to stop doing so by the end of January. Bosses say their own proposed staffing increases won’t […]
Police investigating how a motorcyclist was blinded in one eye when an egg was thrown at him have received reports of similar incidents in and around Market Harborough on the same night. The 31-year-old rider suffered the life-changing injury when the egg was thrown at him from an oncoming car as he rode toward Wigston on Friday […]
The go-ahead’s been given for major work is to take place at Foxton Locks, which will see the historic flight drained of water for three months. Harborough Council has granted planning permission for the £150,000 project that will be carried out by the Canal and River Trust. It will include replacing oak gates on half […]
A murder investigation has begun after a man in his 60s died after being attacked during a burglary in Wigston. Two men were injured when an intruder got into a house on Gibson Close, at about 3.45pm on Monday. One victim suffered chest injuries and died later in hospital. The second man, in his 70s, […]
Police have raided a house in Market Harborough as part of an investigation into an allegation of money laundering. Officers executed a warrant and carried out a search of the property in Logan Street this morning, although no arrests were made. They were at the house for over two hours. Leicestershire Police say enquiries are […]
An archive of Thomas Cook is to be preserved in Leicestershire. It contains thousands of records from the earliest days of package travel, right through til modern day, plus 60,000 photos and souvenirs from the firm’s 178-year history. The company’s founder lived in Market Harborough when he organised his first excursion back in 1841. The […]
Police have issued a warning about scam phone calls being made to elderly people in the Harborough District, offering a so-called ‘Community Assistance Scheme’ for residents over-50. The caller states they need to arrange to visit the homeowner any time of the day or night to discuss it. Officers are urging anyone who receives one […]
Controversial plans to charge people moving into new homes across Harborough for wheelie bins have been put on hold. Harborough Council’s cabinet has voted to defer the decision until next month, to allow for further consideration of it . If approved residents will pay up to £94 for the delivery of general waste and recycling […]
137 drivers were arrested during Leicestershire Police’s latest drink and drug drive campaign. 28 were charged after being found under the influence of cocaine or cannabis behind the wheel and 35 arrests were made at the scene of accidents. Four people were charged after being stopped in the Harborough District – in Market Harborough, Saddington, […]
Three men have denied the illegal slaughtering of up to 350 sheep and lambs in fields across Northamptonshire, including in Kelmarsh, Clipston and Welford. Robert Iordan, 23, Florin Nutu, 35 and Voirel Manu, 38, all from Birmingham, are accused of conspiracy to steal, in relation to the illegal butchery of animals between June and October […]
