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A woman has died after a head-on crash on the A47 near Billesdon this morning. She was driving a blue Mazda 3 car that was involved in collision with a lorry at around 6.50am. Police say the woman, in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene and no one else was injured. The Mazda […]

A busker has been told to stay away from Market Harborough after concerns he was breaching Covid-19 restrictions. Police officers spoke to the man, who regularly plays a harmonica close to the entrance to Sainsbury’s in St Mary’s Place, after being contacted by members of the public. It was thought he had been travelling to […]

Harborough District Council’s ‘Tip Off’ campaign – which has dramatically reduced illegal flytipping – has won a national award. It was crowned ‘Campaign of the Year’ at the National Recycling Awards, held virtually yesterday. Since being launched a few years ago to increase awareness of fly-tipping, and encourage reporting, it has led to numerous prosecutions, […]

Police are appealing for sightings of a van stolen in Ullesthorpe earlier today. The white Ford Transit, registration number number HW20 JKK, was stolen at around 11am, after the driver left it running while delivering goods. Officers believe the van may have been parked up or abandoned by the thief – anyone with information or […]

A new Covid-19 vaccination centre has opened at Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth today. It will provide vaccinations for patients registered with the Masharani Practice and Wycliffe Medical Practice, which are on the same site. Some patients of these practices have previously been offered appointments in Oaby, but those who were unable to travel to […]

Over £800 has been raised for an elderly lady who had her purse stolen by a distraction thief in Lutterworth town centre. Hundreds was donated in just a few hours, after an online donation page was set-up following the theft in Church Street just after midday yesterday. The victim, aged 86, was targeted by a […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new business park on the outskirts of Kibworth Harcourt. Ten commercial and industrial buildings will go up on land next to the Priory Business Park, off Wistow Road after Harborough District Council approved the scheme last night. If will create a total of 95,688 sq ft of employment […]

The Environment Agency is carrying out flood prevention work on the River Welland in Market Harborough. The dredging, de-silting and vegetation clearance operation is taking place on the stretch of water around the Kettering Road and Northampton Road bridges, with large machinery brought in to carry it out. A spokesman for the Environment Agency told […]

Unemployment has dropped in the Harborough District for the first time in eight months. Latest figures show 1930 people were out of work and claiming benefits in December – a drop of 70 on November’s figure. The unemployment figure across Harborough was still three times higher than what it was before the first lockdown in […]