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Major improvements are set to be made to Church Langton C of E Primary School. Plans to build an extension, to replace an existing mobile classroom at the site on Stonton Road, and create a new office and storage area have been unveiled. The work, costing £227,000, will be funded by the Learn Academies Trust, […]

Police are hunting three people after a pick-up truck crashed into a pub in Rothwell last night and was then set on fire. The Nissan Navara collided with the side of the Rowell Charter Inn just after 9pm, causing extensive damage to brickwork and some damage inside. It was then driven towards the War Memorial […]

A man has been released on bail after being questioned about an aggravated burglary in Kibworth Beauchamp. The 35-year-old from Leicester was arrested by Police after occupants of a house in Church Road were threatened with a knife by a burglar, who forced his way in just before 6pm on Monday. Officers say the male […]

An investigation is underway after a pile of rubbish was dumped in a gateway on Fleckney Road in Kibworth. It included two beds, a mattress, bedroom furniture, a pram, lawnmower and chairs. Harborough Council’s Enviro-crime team was alerted to the large fly-tip yesterday – it is thought it was dumped sometime over the weekend. Officers […]

The Police and Fire Service in Market Harborough have teamed up to try and ensure people stay safe on the roads and at home during the festive period. Planned public awareness events had to be cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions, so the blue light services are using Hfm to pass on important messages. Darren Weston, […]

People across Harborough with green bins will have to pay more to have them emptied from next year. The annual subscription charge for the garden waste service is increasing by £15 to £55. Just over 20,000 residents currently use the service, run by Harborough District Council. The rise was approved at a meeting last night […]

Police have made an arrest after occupants of a house in Kibworth Beauchamp were threatened with a knife during a burglary last night. Officers were called just after 6pm after reports a man had forced his way into a property on Church Road. He ordered the two people to hand over personal items, but ran […]

Police seized a machete during a raid on a house in Market Harborough this morning. Officers executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at the property on Welland Park Road at 8am. They were assisted by a specialist search dog. The weapon along with mobile phones and sim cards were among a number […]

Cases of Coronavirus in the Harborough District have started to rise again after falling in recent weeks. Latest seven-day figures from Public Health England show 139 people tested positive in the week to December the 9th – up from 104 on the previous 7 days. The rate per 100,000 people now stands at 148.2 – […]

There is just a week left for people across Harborough to have their say on plans to transform Leicester’s Hospital services. £450 million of government cash is to be spent improving and altering the city’s three hospitals, with a three-month public consultation period ending on December 21st. The proposal includes: Moving all acute care to […]