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Arsonists set fire to a large amount of rubbish twice in three hours in Desborough last night. Firefighters were first called to deal with the blaze at the side of Back Lane at 6.10pm and were called back just after 9pm. Items which had been dumped at the side of the road, including Plasterboard, guttering […]
Harborough District Council has become the first ‘compassionate workplace’ in the East Midlands. The authority has agreed to support the scheme launched by the Loros Hospice, which aims to develop a network of compassionate friends, neighbours and workplaces across the area. Cllr Simon Whelband, Cabinet Lead for Communities and Wellbeing, is pleased they have made […]
A woman has been fined £400 after hiring ‘a man with a van’ to clear rubbish out of her house – which was then dumped on a country road near Gartree Prison. The Enviro-Crime team at Harborough District Council found evidence among the heap of mess on Gallow Field Road, which traced it back to […]
Amazing photographs of a partial eclipse have been captured in the skies above Market Harborough today. David Letts snapped the moment the moon passed between the earth and the sun, from the back of his shop, Harborough Lights on Manor Walk. Despite cloud cover making seeing the phenomenon difficult, his pictures clearly show a third […]
Market Harborough Rugby Club is launching a new women’s squad – over 25 years since it last had one. Training starts next Tuesday, with touch rugby leading up to the start of the new season in September. Friendly touch rugby fixtures and a couple of fun training events will also be held over the summer. […]
Grants totalling over £925,000 have been given to community projects across Harborough. The District Council has handed out the cash, provided by developers to boost community facilities, in locations where they have built, through the Section 106 scheme. Great Glen Parish Council has benefited from the largest grant – awarded £892.938 towards the cost of […]
A man from Great Glen has gone on trial charged with a series of terrorism offences. Hisham Chaudhary, 28, of Chestnut Drive, is accused of funding the so-called Islamic State terror group and sending out propaganda videos. He was arrested when counter-terrorism Police raided his home last October. Chaudhary has denied seven terrorism charges at […]
Criminal damage in rural parts of Leicestershire has doubled during the pandemic. In the year to March this year, Police received 121 reports of damage to farms, farmhouses, stables and fields compared to 61 in the previous 12 months. There has been damage to gates, fences and hedges – and dog attacks on livestock increased […]
Police were called after a naked man was seen ‘behaving inappropriately’ with a blow-up doll beside the A14. Drivers contacted officers after spotting him at the side of the westbound carriageway, near the turn-off for Rothwell, on Saturday morning. When officers attended the man had disappeared. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police told Hfm: “Officers were […]
One person has been taken to hospital after a crash on the A47 in Bushby. Emergency services were called to the scene on Uppingham Road, at the junction with Dalby Avenue, just after 10am. The collision involved a car and van. Fire crews from Eastern and Central fire stations in Leicester attended the incident, along […]
