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Police are appealing for witnesses after a large quantity of tools were stolen from a shed in Desborough. It happened in Oak Tree Close sometime between 10pm on Monday and 6am on Tuesday this week. Officers say those responsible are also suspected of tampering with a van parked outside, in an attempt to steal it. […]

Nominations have opened for this year’s Harborough Physical Activity Awards. They aim to recognise individuals, groups and clubs across the district, with categories including Sports Person of the Year, Twilight Achiever of the year and Disability Champion of the year. Tom Leonard is from the Health and Wellbeing Team at Harborough District Council and is […]

A Market Harborough fundraiser is into the final stage of an epic challenge. Jemma Redden pledged to walk 5,000 miles in five years to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and money for the MS Society, after being diagnosed with the condition aged 23. She has raised over £4,300 towards her £5,000 target and is set […]

Work is underway to restore the historic Bell Tower in Market Harborough’s Welland Park. Specialists from town-based firm WW Brown and Sons have been drafted-in by Harborough District Council to carry out the work on the structure in the Rose Garden. It involves the rotten wooden support being replaced with a metal structure, to ensure […]

A long-standing shoe shop in Market Harborough has closed suddenly with the loss of 13 jobs. Clarks in St Mary’s Place shut its doors on Tuesday, after the company that ran it as a franchise ceased trading with immediate effect. Staff say they were given no prior warning of the closure and have been left […]

An investigation is underway after a car-key burglary in Market Harborough. Three men were involved in the theft of the BMW X3M from Burghley Close, just before 7pm yesterday. CCTV footage supplied to HFM shows the men arriving at the house and knocking on the door, before going round the back to break-in and steal […]

A man from Desborough has been jailed for four years for child sex offences. Kevin House pleaded guilty to three counts of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, possessing extreme pornography and making an indecent image of a child. An investigation was launched by Northamptonshire Police in November 2018 after intelligence was received […]

North Northamptonshire Council has scrapped its target to be carbon neutral by 2030. The Reform UK-run authority has instead decided to push it back by two decades to 2050, coinciding with the UK government’s legally binding target. A report highlighted that, despite slight reductions being made in recent years, the authority had not yet hit […]

Long-awaited work to upgrade streetlighting in Market Harborough town centre will begin later this month. Leicestershire County Council will replace 50 of the aging and obsolete wall-mounted sodium lights with energy-efficient LED lamps. Several of the lights have been broken for over 18 months prompting safety concerns, as roads and pavements are dark in some […]

Over 9,000 people have now signed a petition opposing any expansion of Leicester into the county – as part of local government reorganisation. It was launched by Harborough MP Neil O’Brien amid fears a change of the city’s boundaries would mean higher taxes and more development for the areas affected – like around Great Glen. […]