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A man has been arrested after a crash involving a lorry near South Kilworth. The vehicle left Walcote Road and came to rest in a ditch just after 5.15am. Leicestershire Police say the driver was taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening or life changing and no other vehicles were involved. […]

Leicestershire Police is to review a plan to remove TVs and radio from police stations after a furious backlash. Bosses say the move would save £10,000 in licence fees, but officers say it would badly hit morale and the Leicestershire Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, has demanded a re-think. Federation Chair Andy […]

The go-ahead has been given for new HMO (House In Multiple Occupation) close to Market Harborough town centre. Harborough District Council has granted permission for the 18-bed premises to be created on Coventry Road, by partly demolishing and extending a two-storey building, previously used as student accommodation. Last night’s meeting of the planning committee heard […]

A man arrested in Market Harborough after being confronted by on-line paedophile hunters has been jailed for 22 months for breaching the terms of his licence. Nigel Clapton was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence last July for causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and made subject of a ten-year sexual […]

Police are appealing for information after a car key burglary in Fleckney. A house on Main Street was broken into during the early hours of Monday and a white VW Golf was then stolen from outside. It happened sometime between midnight and 7am while the occupants were asleep. Leicestershire Police say enquiries into the incident […]

A new Aldi supermarket in Market Harborough is on-target to open in the autumn. Work to build the £5m store on Rockingham Road is progressing at pace, with the shell of the building now in place. The discount retailer is spending £5m on the development and will re-locate to the larger premises from its current […]

A retailer is close to securing a deal to buy a long-standing derelict site in Desborough. The Central Co-Op is working to agree terms to acquire the former Lawrence’s shoe factory site, which has stood empty for over 20 years. The two-acre site off Harborough Road was put up for sale by North Northamptonshire Council […]

East Midlands Railway has been told it cannot use council cash for improvements at Market Harborough Railway Station. The operator was awarded over £73,000 from Harborough District Council last year, from a funding pot given to the authority from government. However, rules governing how the UK Shared Prosperity Funding can be used have changed. A […]

A plea has been issued to pet owners after a dog attacked and killed a sheep near Welford. It happened in a field near the reservoir in the village and is thought to have involved a Doberman-type dog, being walked by two men and a woman. Farmers say sheep worrying is becoming an increasing problem. […]

People have been telling HFM what they think of plans to re-organise local government. The preferred option is to scrap district and borough councils, including Harborough District Council and the current county council, in favour of a single unitary authority covering the whole of Leicestershire. The move has been triggered by the government which wants […]