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A new fundraising event will take place later this year at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground. Harborough Twenty12 Lions Club will host the Midsummer Dream Walk on Sunday June 21st, giving participants the chance to walk along one of the UK’s longest ex cold-war runways, with views of preserved cold-war planes – which is not normally open […]

A missing man, who Police believed may have been in and around Wilbarston, has been found safe and well. Searches took place on Friday for Kevin Goodyear, who had been missing from the Crick area of Northamptonshire for a week. Officers are thanking volunteers who assisted in the search and shared their appeal.  

Around 40 farmers and rural business owners attended a special event last night to discuss crime concerns. It was hosted by Harborough Council’s Community Safety Partnership at the Coplow Centre in Billesdon and attended by other agencies, including Police. There has been a spate of thefts of off-road vehicles from isolated barns across the Harborough […]

Brooke House College in Market Harborough has moved to quash rumours and offer reassurance over the Coronavirus. Mike Oliver, Principal of the college, which has 20 Chinese students out of a population of just over 300, has spoken out after being contacted by some local people and posts of social media, fearing some had been […]

Burglars have stolen a ‘substantial’ amount of cigarettes worth thousands of pounds from a Market Harborough supermarket. They smashed their way into the Co-Op on Coventry Road at around 11.40pm last night, through a window and then forced open a cabinet containing the cigarettes. Police are appealing for information and want to hear from anyone […]

Sport and community facilities across Harborough are to be boosted by grants totaling over £700,000. In Kibworth, the Cricket Club is getting £60,000 to help towards its new pavilion project and £26,000 will pay for a new multi-use games area at the Warwick Road Recreation Ground, after it was handed to Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council. […]

A new hydrotherapy pool is to open at Harborough Leisure Centre – thanks to people who donated £48,000 to a fundraising appeal launched 28 years ago. The facility, which will help those with arthritis, back pain and muscle injuries, was first thought about in 1992, and various events were held to raise money for it. […]

Repairs are being carried out after a water leak in Market Harborough town centre. Severn Trent Water were made aware of the problem yesterday afternoon and carried out repairs to fix a burst pipe during the evening – no supplies were affected. Temporary traffic lights are in use instead of the permanent traffic lights, while […]

A man has been charged with a number of driving offences, after a car crashed into signs and railings outside St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough. Police say the silver VW Golf had initially made-off from officers, before the collision yesterday afternoon. The 25-year-old driver who was arrested will appear before Magistrates later this month. […]

A canal boat has been left badly damaged after fire in Foxton.     Firefighters were called to the stretch of the Grand Union Canal off Main Street just after 10.30am yesterday. Crews arrived to find the boat well alight and used breathing apparatus while tackling the blaze. A man and dog who were on […]