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A 19-year-old man from Leicester has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman in Market Harborough in April. He’s being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent following the attack at a flat in North Bank which left a nineteen year old woman with a single stab […]

The first charging points for electric cars have been installed by Harborough Council. Four have been put in the car park of the Innovation Centre on Leicester Road and its planned to introduce others in car parks in Market Harborough, Broughton Astley and Lutterworth later this year. A call was made for the facilities when […]

A bid has been launched to re-instate the only bus linking Market Harborough with villages towards Corby. The 67 stopped running at the end of May after Northamptonshire County Council stopped subsidising the route. Now both Kettering and Corby Borough Councils are considering stumping up six thousand pounds so a bus could run twice a […]

People living near the railway in Market Harborough are to face noise disruption through the night on eight consecutive weekends. Network Rail says loud pile driving will be among the work taking place in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday from later this month until early September. It’s connected with the line speed improvement […]

It looks like a vacant shop in Market Harborough town centre could soon be filled. Planning permission’s been granted to replace the frontage of the former Greenwoods Menswear premises on the High Street, which has stood empty since January. There are no details yet as to who is set to move in though.

24 drivers were found not wearing seatbelts and 5 using a mobile phone during a Police operation in Market Harborough this morning. Ten of twelve child car seats checked by experts were also found to be incorrectly fitted. The ‘Fatal Four’ operation – aimed at clamping down on offences that are most likely to lead […]

The Co-op has revealed new security measures it says will better protect its stores from cash machine theft gangs and armed robbers. Motion-activated CCTV cameras and panic alarms are to be installed in Central England Co-op stores across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire The retailer’s shops in Kibworth, Great Glen, Desborough and Lutterworth were among those targeted […]

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after Tuesday’s fatal crash near Bruntingthorpe. A man died after his BMW was involved in collision with a car transporter on Bath Lane at about 4.45pm. A Ford Fiesta was also involved – officers are continuing to appeal for witnesses.

Judges from East Midlands In Bloom are visiting Desborough this afternoon as the town enters the contest for a second year, in the Small Town category. Volunteers have been busy preparing for the visit, which follows Market Harborough’s judging earlier this week.

The electrification of the Midland Mainline is to be extended to Market Harborough. Department of Transport bosses have confirmed the move, just over a year after announcing the upgrade of the line from London would stop at Kettering. Campaigners are welcoming the announcement, which means 50 percent of the route between the capital and Sheffield […]