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A dumper truck stolen from a building site in Market Harborough was found by Police an hour later in Nottinghamshire, squeezed into the back of a van. The Ford Transit and the trailer it was towing were also stolen from Fairfield Road on Sunday evening. It was intercepted on the A1, in a joint operation […]

Police are questioning a man after a robbery in Desborough yesterday afternoon. The 21-year-old was arrested after a search involving the Police helicopter, following the incident on Braybrooke Road just before 4.30pm. Northamptonshire Police say officers responded to reports a man had been robbed of work tools, including a machete, and car keys. He was […]

A teenager has been jailed for his involvement in a series of egg-throwing incidents in Market Harborough and Wigston, which left a motorcyclist blind in one eye. Thomas Connors was driving a car whose passengers threw eggs at people and other vehicles on the evening of January the 10th last year. One struck Marc Toone […]

Tributes are being paid to Bleddyn Jones – a former Headteacher of Little Bowden Primary School and Leicester Tigers legend – who has died aged 72. He led the school for 15 years until he retired in 2004, and played more than 300 first-team games for the Tigers in the 70s, before commentating on games […]

A massive new development on the edge of Market Harborough is starting to take shape. Initial infrastructure and earthworks are on-going at the 88 acre site off Kettering Road at Clack Hill, with some roads also created. Eventually 600 houses, a primary school, doctors surgery and community centre will be built on the site, which […]

The District Council has defended purchasing a bungalow and its grounds in Market Harborough for £920,000.  A further statement was issued at a Full Council meeting last night, amid concerns the price-tag was well-over what the site on Granville Street was worth. The authority says the amount paid reflected the value of the land, as […]

Leicestershire’s Public Health boss is angry ‘fear mongering’ propaganda about Covid-19 continues to be distributed in Market Harborough. Copies of ‘The Light’, which describes itself as ‘a truth paper’ have been dropping through letterboxes. Like leaflets earlier year, it questions the safety of vaccines, legitimacy of the disease, and government advice. Mike Sandys told Hfm […]

A high-speed Police pursuit across two counties ended when a car crashed in Theddingworth in the early hours of yesterday. The driver and four passengers ran off, but were quickly found and arrested by officers, assisted by a Police helicopter crew and Police dog. The Audi S3 had been followed along the M1 from Derbyshire, […]

Unwanted knives including illegal blades can be handed in at Market Harborough Police station this week, with no questions asked. It’s part of an operation aimed at tackling knife crime by removing potential weapons from the street. Knives can be deposited in a special bin at the Fairfield Road base. Detective Chief Inspector Gavin Drummond, […]

A new employment park could be built on the northern edge of Market Harborough. It’s planned for land off Leicester Road, adjacent to Kirby Agriculture and the Forest Gate garage, on the town centre side. If approved, a mix of six one-to-two storey office, business and warehouse units would be built and space created for […]