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Jewellery has been stolen during a daytime burglary at a home in Brampton Ash. Two men forced entry to a property in Hermitage Road by smashing a back door shortly after midday yesterday. Police are appealing for anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area to come forward. Contact Northamptonshire Police on 101 quoting ref: […]

Planning permission has been granted for nearly 40 affordable homes in Market Harborough, despite over 100 objections. The development on fields off Angell Drive on the Farndon Fields estate will be accessed from Henry Road and border the Gracelands Park Home site. It will include 30 homes for social rent and 8 for shared ownership. […]

The men’s toilets at Market Harborough Railway Station have been closed following an incident of vandalism. Cubicles within the facilities, located within the waiting room on the northbound platform, have been damaged. East Midlands Railway says replacement parts have been ordered and it hopes the toilets will reopen later this week once repairs have been […]

Jubilee Foodbank in Market Harborough is urging action to support families and individuals struggling to make ends meet, after 2025 became the busiest year in the charity’s 13-year history. The foodbank handled 1,310 referrals last year, helping 1,877 adults and 1,442 children, and providing nearly 70,000 meals. Chair Liz Mills, MBE, said: “These figures are […]

Vandals have damaged the front glass door of the Nationwide Building Society in Market Harborough. The door has been boarded up while repairs are arranged, but the branch remains open as normal. Nationwide say the premises was among a number of shops targeted on the High Street. A spokesperson for Nationwide said, “We are aware […]

Harborough MP  has joined calls to save specialist nurseries for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as a petition calling for the facilities to remain open attracts more than 2,000 signatures. Neil O’Brien recently visited Menphys Nursery School in Wigston, one of four specialist SEND nurseries that Leicestershire County Council is considering closing. […]

Police are appealing for information after a car was stolen from outside a home on the Farndon Fields estate in Market Harborough. A grey Toyota RAV4 was taken from Freshman Way late on Saturday or during the early hours of Sunday. The owners had left the vehicle on charge on Saturday evening and discovered it […]

Police seized an Amazon delivery van after it was abandoned on a housing estate in Desborough on Saturday. The vehicle, which appeared to be empty, was left on a pathway off Matlock Way after getting stuck in mud. Officers said the van had not been reported stolen and arranged for it to be removed as […]

No-one was seriously injured following a collision involving a car and a van on the Wellington Place estate in Market Harborough. Emergency services were called to Airfield Road just after 8.30pm on Friday. Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service, and fire crews from Market Harborough and Wigston attended the scene. The road was closed while the […]

A key route in Market Harborough is closed for nine days to allow sewer connections for a new apartment development. Kettering Road is shut southbound between St Mary’s Road and Springfield Street, although northbound traffic can still pass. The work began today, and drivers are advised to follow the diversion via St Mary’s Road, Northampton […]