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A Market Harborough man – jailed for a knifepoint robbery – is back in prison after breaching his parole conditions. Simon Bosworth was arrested by Police by the taxi rank on the High Street on Wednesday evening, after being spotted on CCTV. The 48 year old, formally of Shropshire Close, had been released early after […]
Heartless tricksters have stolen over £3,000 from an elderly pensioner, after preying on her in the car park of Market Harborough’s Waitrose store. A man and woman distracted the 83-year- old lady from Welford after she got into her car and was about to leave the car park, by asking for directions to the nearest […]
Harborough’s Council Leader is to meet with traders from Church Street tonight in a bid to get some kind of Christmas Lights up this year. Neil Bannister has been speaking to HFM after over 1,000 people signed a petition demanding displays go up, after it was revealed earlier this week there would be no lights […]
An investigation is underway after a road was constructed through a field off Lubenham Hill without planning permission. Where it joins the A4304 it passes over the pavement leaving an uneven surface, making it difficult for people using mobility scooters or pushchairs to negotiate. Leicestershire County Council says its working with Harborough Council to identify […]
Four people have been arrested in Desborough and over 80 tools recovered after Police used a bait vehicle in a bid to catch those stealing from vans. Items inside were fitted with tracker devices, which led officers to an address in the town, after the van was broken into and they were stolen. Leicestershire Police […]
There is an appeal for sightings of a tradesman’s silver Ford Transit van that was stolen off from outside a house in Great Bowden this morning. It was taken from the driveway of a house in Station Road at 11.15pm and sped off in the direction of Market Harborough, narrowly missing other motorists. Owner, Mark […]
Seven tonnes of hay bales and hedging were destroyed by fire after a stolen car was driven into a field near Marston Trussell last night and set alight. Fire crews were called to Theddingworth Road just after 9pm and found the VW Passatt and surrounding area well ablaze. The occupants of the car fled the […]
By Aubrey Allegretti, Sky news reporter An investigation into the helicopter crash that killed the Leicester City owner and four other people is focusing on the tail rotor system. An update from the investigators blamed the disaster on the “apparent loss of yaw control”, an axis pilots use to navigate. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch […]
Over 1,000 people have signed a petition in less than two days, calling on Council bosses to re-think the decision not to put Christmas Lights up there this year. There has been an angry reaction after Hfm revealed yesterday the lights, that have been a festive feature of the town for over 50 years, […]
No charges are to be brought against three people arrested after a young woman was stabbed at a flat in Market Harborough. The-20-year-old was left in a critical condition after the incident in North Bank, off Coventry Road in April. A man and woman, both from Market Harborough, and a 19-year-old boy from Leicester were […]
