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Police say a convicted child sex offender who was living near Havelock Junior School in Desborough has left the town. Concerns were raised by parents after a campaign group posted a picture of the 53-year-old on social media. He was jailed for three years in 2016 for sexually assaulting two girls and banned from working […]
A man will go on trial accused of endangering the lives of those on board the Police Helicopter based at Husbands Bosworth, by shining a laser pen at it. Voyslav Dimitrov denied the offence when he appeared before Northampton Magistrates yesterday afternoon. The 28-year old from Wellingborough was arrested in September after a green laser […]
Council bosses have rejected a proposal to increase taxi fares across Harborough. The trade had asked for a rise in-line with inflation each year, to help off-set increasing fuel and licensing costs. If an increase had come into force now, it would have made taxi fares among the most expensive in the country. Harborough Council […]
Armed Police surrounded a house in Rothwell last night in the search for a Wanted man from London. Officers attended Scott Avenue at around 7pm, with neighbours told to leave their homes. Police say the man was not located, although a 53-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody. Northamptonshire […]
A new £7.5m Business Centre – which could create over 200 jobs in five years – will be built in Market Harborough, after funding was secured. £3.3m will come from the European Regional Development Fund and £1m from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership, known as the LLEP. Harborough Council will provide the rest of […]
An inquest has heard how a Market Harborough woman died after she was hit by a police van that was out looking for her in Norfolk. Helen Loveday, 52, was struck while walking in Wymondham Road, Hethel, late on July 27th last year. She was flown to Addenbrooke’s Hospital by Prince William, the Duke of […]
There is an appeal for witnesses after thieves stole power tools and other equipment worth £3,000 from an electrician’s van in Little Bowden. They smashed the back window of the Astravan at just before 2am on Thursday morning – while it was parked on the driveway of a house on Jack Cumberland Road off Glebe […]
A Market Harborough woman has been charged with shoplifting after Police found her hiding under a bed. Lesley Fuggle is accused of four theft offences, including stealing meat and alcohol from Co-Op in the Commons Car Park. The 38-year-old, of Petworth Drive, was arrested on Friday and has been remanded in custody to appear before […]
‘No Place For Hate’ is the theme for Hate Crime Awareness Week which begins today. Latest figures show there were 48 such incidents across Harborough in the past year, a 54% increase on 2015, when 31 were reported. 42 in the past year involved violence against a person. Hate incidents relate to someone’s race, gender […]
Market Harborough’s Andrew Stamp has won a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games. The 16-year-old trampolinist performed a near-perfect routine last night in the final of the men’s competition in Argentina, coming second for Team GB. The former Welland Park Academy student was leading for a while, but was just beaten to the gold […]
