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The community is being thanked for raising over £1,000 to help save the life of a abandoned dog found seriously ill near Market Harborough. The two-year-old Dachshund was taken to the town-based Dogz Dinner Animal Foodbank for help, after being discovered in distress off the A6 near Rockingham Road earlier this month. After being seen […]

Ten charities and community groups and have received a cash boost thanks to Market Harborough Twenty 12 Lions Club. Grants totalling £3,000 have been handed out after the club ran its Community Awards Scheme for a second year. Organisations to benefit were HFM, Harborough Scouts, Market Harborough Fixers, Market Harborough Sea Cadets, Ian’s Chain, Jorgies […]

Local music talent will be showcased at a free festival in Market Harborough this Sunday. Somewhere Fest will return to The Square for a second year and feature singers and bands connected with the town’s community record label – Somewhere Records. The event will run from 12noon until 7pm. Deiah Green is helping to organise […]

Police have stepped up patrols over concerns about youths gathering into the early hours in a wooded area in Market Harborough. Drug use has been reported and fires started in the open space off Clarkes Avenue on the Wellington Place estate. Near-by residents are also being kept awake by noise and some have been threatened […]

Police are trying to trace the owner of a suspected stolen trailer after it was seized in Rothwell. Rural crime officers have released a picture of the distinctive high-sided Paxton trailer, which has extended mesh sides, in the hope it can be reunited with its rightful owner. If the trailer is yours or you have […]

Four people have been arrested after police discovered a large cannabis factory near Tilton on the Hill. A number of plants and cultivated cannabis worth an estimated £60,000 was seized after being found in an outbuilding, which had been specially adapted for cannabis production. Officers from Harborough’s Neighbourhood Priority Team executed a warrant at the […]

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of a man with links to Desborough who is wanted for failing to appear in court. West Yorkshire Police have released a picture of 29- year-old Ethan Wright, as they ask anyone who knows where he is to make contact with officers. Anyone with information which may […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a hit-and-run incident near Rothwell left a cyclist injured. It happened at about 10.20am on Friday, when a woman was knocked off her bike at the roundabout for junction 4 of the A14. The cyclist was struck by the driver of a grey ‘24’ plated car, which failed to […]

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a warning after a tree was deliberately set alight at a park in Market Harborough. Firefighters were called to deal with the blaze off Simborough Way on the Ashley Way estate, just before 5pm on Friday. LFRS say such incidents take crews away from life-threatening calls and a […]

Market Harborough Fire Station is hosting an ‘Open House’ event for the whole family on Saturday. It will run from 10.30am until 1pm at the base on Fairfield Road and be the chance for you to meet your local fire crew, watch demonstrations, and get home fire safety advice. Tom Bryant is one of the […]