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An electrical fault caused the major fire that tore through a Market Harborough pub. Investigators from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service have determined that is what started the blaze at The Roebuck, off Rockingham Road, on Friday night. It took over 30 firefighters nearly three hours to bring the fire under control, which left the […]

Two men have been charged after a police chase with a car that was stolen in Hallaton. Lee Annand, 31, of Beanfield Avenue, Corby and Jude Campbell, 19, of no fixed address, are both accused of aggravated vehicle taking. Annand has also been charged with dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and failing to stop for […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars stole a large quantity of cigarettes from the Post Office in Welford. Three men forced their way into the premises on the High Street just after midnight last Wednesday, by smashing glass in a door. Officers are keen to speak to anyone who noticed suspicious people or vehicles […]

A shed and its contents has been destroyed after a fire in Market Harborough early this morning. Firefighters were called to Heygate Street at 5.15am, after a number of 999 calls were made. The shed, in the back garden of a house, was well alight when they arrived and the blaze had spread to around […]

A fire that destroyed 400 hay bales in a field between Desborough and Rothwell last night was started deliberately. Three fire crews were called to the land off the B576 just after 7.15pm and were able to stop the blaze spreading. Police are appealing for information about who started the fire.

A new Market Harborough office development which was given the working title ‘Grow On Space’ has now been officially named after construction work was completed. The complex of new offices at the Compass Point Business Park off Northampton Road, which has cost £6.9m, is to be known as the ‘Harborough Grow On Centre’. Harborough District […]

A major new recruitment drive to get more ‘Bobbies on the Beat’ is being launched today. Leicestershire Police says it’s looking to attract graduates, non-graduates and those looking for a change of career into the service. Over the next five years the force says it needs to take on nearly 600 officers – but is […]

A fundraising drive has been launched to help the manager of The Roebuck in Market Harborough, who lost all his belongings in Friday night’s major fire. Andy Lapsley lived above the pub and has been left with nothing but the clothes he was wearing. He discovered the blaze just before 11pm and has been praised […]

A Market Harborough pub has been left badly damaged after a major fire. It broke out in the first floor of The Roebuck, off Rockingham Road, just before 11pm last night. Over thirty firefighters tackled the blaze, which saw the roof of the building collapse and took several hours to bring under control. Nobody was […]

Racist and obscene graffiti was sprayed on the side of Market Harborough Conservative Club overnight. Yellow paint was use to daub a swastika and the word ‘Nazi’ on one wall and an anti-Boris Johnson message on another. Pic: HFM The Conservative Club has branded the vandalism ‘appalling, mindless behaviour by someone with nothing better to […]