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A convicted murderer, serving his sentence at HMP Gartree near Market Harborough, has had almost £8,000 seized from him in the first action of its kind in the UK. The man was targeted by a new Ministry of Justice and Police task force set up to disrupt organised crime in prisons. They acted after a […]

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near Pipewell. It happened at about 10.50am on Sunday when a black Vauxhall Astra, travelling from Pipewell towards Great Oakley, came off the road, went through a hedge, overturned and came to rest in a field. The driver, a 36-year-old woman from Kettering, was taken to […]

Plans have been revealed to build a specialist care home on the site of Market Harborough’s Ambulance Station. The 76-bedroom facility is proposed for the Leicester Road site, which is being sold by East Midlands Ambulance Service for around a million pounds, as crews are co-locating to Police Station later this year. Frontier Estates, a […]

Thieves have stolen a tipper truck from the yard of a Market Harborough building company after ripping open padlocked gates. They tied a tow rope to another vehicle to force open the entrance to yard where DS Ronald are based on Albert Road, sometime between 1am and 6am today. Once inside they broke into the […]

A man and two women have been arrested after a Police car was rammed in Stoughton yesterday before the car they were in crashed in Willoughby Waterleys. It happened after officers had been called to reports of a burglary at 10.30am.  The car also collided with a tree before making off. Fellow officers from the […]

Police have launched a new clampdown on criminals travelling to Market Harborough to commit crime. Intelligence suggests those responsible for a number of handbag snatches in supermarket car parks in recent weeks are from outside the area, as are some shoplifters. Harborough Police teamed up with colleagues from Northamptonshire and the British Transport Police Officers to […]

Hollywood star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has sent a good luck video message to the cast of The Youth Theatre in Market Harborough. The former wrestler who’s become one of the world’s biggest movie names surprised youngsters who are performing Cinderella at the Welland Park Academy over the weekend. He’s currently in Hawaii filming the […]

Three masked men have tried to break into the living accommodation above a Market Harborough pub. The burglars, who had scarves covering their faces, got onto roof of The Royalist on Western Avenue at 7.20pm on Friday and spent 40 minutes trying to force open bedroom windows with a crow bar. The ten-year-old son of […]

A campaign aimed at reducing dependence on single-use plastics has launched in Market Harborough today. Those behind it want people to sign a pledge, that includes re-using plastic bags, buying loose fruit and vegetables instead of those in packs, and to recycle more. Latest research shows by weight, there could be more plastic than fish […]

Burglars smashed their way into Wilbarston Primary School to steal petty cash from the tuck shop. They got into the premises on School Lane sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning by smashing a rear door before taking the £60 in loose change. Police – who are appealing for witnesses – say nothing else was […]