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A man has been jailed after being caught twice behind the wheel when he was disqualified from driving. Daniel Bates, 22, was stopped by Police in Husbands Bosworth in April and then in Desborough last month. He failed a road-side test for drugs on the first occasion and was found in possession of cannabis on […]

Over £20,000 has been handed to community groups across Harborough, including to help some continue to meet during the pandemic. Youth organisations in Market Harborough and Kibworth are among those to benefit from Harborough District Council’s Community Grant Fund, for projects which help provide or improve outdoor facilities, sports or art equipment for young people, […]

Shops in Market Harborough are staying open late tonight, as part of the ‘shop local’ campaign in the run-up to Christmas. A mix of 18 independent and national retailers will be trading until 8pm today and next Thursday. The Harbs Collective, which champions the town’s independent businesses, has organised it. For a list of shop […]

A man accused of a stabbing in Desborough has pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent. Matthew Lee, 27, of Nunnery Avenue in Rothwell, has appeared at Northampton Crown Court this afternoon, via videolink from HMP Lincoln. He was charged after a man, aged 40, was stabbed in the arm in the area of Harrington […]

Police have secured an extension to a Closure Order on a flat in Market Harborough, linked to a spate of anti-social behaviour. It means no-one can enter the property in Edwin Court on Kettering Road for a further three months, after officers were granted the extension by Leicester Magistrates Court. The action was first taken […]

32 drivers have been arrested in the first week of Leicestershire Police’s Christmas drink and drug drive campaign. Officers say the figures, nearly three times the number during the first seven days of the campaign last December, are ‘concerning and very disappointing.’ 22 people failed a roadside breath test for being over the drink drive […]

Another ‘stranger danger’ alert has been issued after a suspicious incident in Market Harborough. A man in a blue Land Rover pulled up alongside two school boys at the corner of Ashley Way and Simborough Way and kept asking them for the time, despite one of the youngsters noticing there was a clock in the […]

Police have questioned a woman aged 19 and a 15-year-old boy about a spate of criminal damage in Market Harborough. They were voluntarily interviewed by officers this morning, who say the investigation is on-going, and no charges have yet been brought. Christmas decorations, garden items and some cars were damaged in eight streets off Coventry […]

The electrification of the railway to Market Harborough is moving closer. Network Rail is drawing up detailed plans to install over-head power cables from Kettering and upgrade some bridges along the route, through Desborough, Braybrooke and Little Bowden. It will be the next phase of the £1.5 billion Midland Mainline upgrade, which has already seen […]