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A shoplifter who stole alcohol from Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough has been jailed for ten weeks. Lesley Fuggle, 39, of Petworth Drive, Little Bowden, admitted stealing bottles of spirits at Leicester Magistrates yesterday, following her arrest on Wednesday. Police have welcomed the sentence, describing Fuggle as a ‘prolific shoplifter.’
Little Bowden Primary School is thanking all who have shown their support after thieves stole all their sports balls. After an appeal was featured on Hfm yesterday, they have been inundated with offers of replacements from other schools and clubs. Parents, other individuals, and local businesses have also given money to pay for new footballs, […]
A shortage of school crossing supervisors means children and parents are having to fend for themselves outside six of our schools. Information obtained by Hfm shows there has been no lollipop lady or man at the Market Harborough C of E Primary Acadamy since last March, Ridgeway Primary Academy has been without one since July […]
Little Bowden Primary School is appealing for help after thieves stole all their sports balls during the summer holidays. Around 40 footballs, netballs and basketballs, plus other items, were taken from an outdoor storage shed after the door was removed and it was ransacked. They were used for PE lessons and after-school clubs. The break-in […]
A thief narrowly avoided knocking over an elderly customer after grabbing packets of cigarettes and running out of the Weltons shop in Great Bowden yesterday afternoon. He then got into a black Volvo car which sped off in the direction of Dingley Road. It happened at 2.45pm and left the young shop assistant shaken. The […]
Tributes are being paid to Charlotte Joyce from Market Harborough after she died suddenly, aged 32. Charlotte lived at a residential home for people with special needs on Burnmill Road. Her family has described her as a ‘lovely, caring daughter and sister who made everyone happy.’ Charlotte’s brother, Marcus Payne, has launched an on-line fundraising […]
There has been a big increase in complaints about dog fouling across the Harborough District. 127 have been made in the past year – 40 more than the previous 12 months – and three times the number five years ago. The figures have been released by Harborough Council as it considers extending a Public […]
Police are questioning a woman following a number of recent shoplifting incidents in Market Harborough town centre. She was arrested on suspicion of theft at a property on the Ashley Way estate early this morning. Officers say the 39-year-old is being interviewed about offences at a number of premises, including Sainsbury’s, during which alcohol was […]
Work is getting underway to prepare a Masterplan on the development of Market Harborough town centre over the next 15 years. Harborough Council has commissioned experts to carry out the work on its behalf. The plan is aimed at boosting regeneration, identifying new uses for underused areas, and improving the appearance of the town centre, […]
The future of the Market Harborough and District Canine Society has been secured after it found new premises to meet. From next month it will use the Robert Smyth Academy Sports Hall. There had been fears the group, which has been training dogs for over 40 years, would have to close as it struggled to […]
