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More than 30 paid six-month work placements are now available to unemployed young people across Harborough. Businesses have teamed up with the District Council to offer them, as part of the government’s national Kickstart Scheme. Roles in retail, IT, health, crafts, sports and marketing are up grabs for people aged 16 to 24 on Universal […]

A family’s beloved pet cat has been found safe and well, five days after jumping aboard a works trailer outside her home. Princess, aged 14, was spotted yesterday six miles away at Gilroes Cemetery in Leicester, close to the Severn Trent Water depot, where the vehicle she hitched a ride on was based. It had […]

Over 37,000 people have now had a Coronavirus vaccine across Harborough. 45% of all adults in the District have had one jab (37,086) – the highest amount in all areas of Leicestershire and Rutland. NHS figures published today show just over 3,000 more people were immunised in the past week, and 91% of over 60s […]

A man who assaulted a paramedic in Desborough and punched a police officer has been jailed for 18 weeks. Gary Fox, 54, lashed out at the East Midlands Ambulance Service medic while being treated in Dunkirk Avenue on July 28th last year. The then attacked a Police officer when he arrived at Kettering General Hospital, […]

The owner of cat found dead in Market Harborough has been told her beloved pet may have been attacked by a group of people. Buddy, who was six months old, was discovered with a broken tooth and abrasions to his rear leg, outside a house in Bath Street, on Saturday morning. Residents have reported hearing […]

Major plans have been announced for a major expansion of a business park on the edge of Market Harborough. The £9.5m scheme would see 27 new commercial units built on seven acres of land at Airfield Business Park, off the B6047 Harborough Road. Leicestershire County Council, which is behind the plan, says creating more units, […]

Two teenage boys have been questioned about drugs offences after being arrested at Little Bowden Recreation Ground. They were detained after being searched by Police, who responded to calls from members of the public about suspicious behaviour at 8pm on Sunday. A quantity of suspected Class A and Class B drugs were seized. The boys, […]

A holiday venue near Sibbertoft has been inundated with bookings, after the government announced it can soon re-open with the easing of lockdown restrictions. Brook Meadow, which offers lodges and camping facilities on a working farm, and boasts a large fishing lake, has been closed for lengthy periods since the start of the pandemic last […]

Two men from Market Harborough and another from Kibworth Harcourt have been questioned by Police after officers found a car 90 minutes after it was reported stolen. They were arrested after the white Audi TT was taken from outside a property on Northampton Road, Market Harborough on Tuesday night. Leicestershire Police say the car was […]

A search has been launched for a family’s pet cat after it was driven away on a trailer from outside their house. CCTV shows Princess, aged in her teens, climbed on it just before the Severn Trent Water vehicle left Coltbeck Avenue in Narborough on Tuesday lunchtime, and headed for Harborough Road in Kibworth. The […]