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The idea to re-open the railway between Market Harborough and Northampton could be given a boost thanks to a new government fund. It’s been announced today that £500m is being made available to investigate and develop plans to reinstate old lines across the country. Network Rail is continuing to conduct a feasibility study into re-opening […]

Harborough Police say the driver and any passengers in a car had a lucky escape after it crashed into a field and rolled over several times. When officers arrived at the scene near Burton Overy on Saturday night, the occupant had fled. The Vauxhall Astra was left badly damaged – anyone who saw what happened […]

Staff at the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital say they are devastated they can no longer care for injured muntjac deers or grey squirrels. It’s because of a new law relating to the animals, which are classed as ‘invasive alien species.’ The Kibworth-based charity could only continue taking-in and treating the animals if they remained caged on […]

A man is due in Court accused of stealing a woman’s handbag in Market Harborough. The 33-year-old from Nottingham was charged with theft over the weekend, after being arrested on Friday. He is accused of taking the bag in the Sainsbury’s car park,  off Springfield Street, on November 19th last year.

A clampdown on illegal parking outside Harborough schools in being stepped up. Leicestershire County Council is introducing a second camera enforcement car to patrol at the start and end of the school day. 24 £70 fines have been issued across the District in the past six months. Several schools in Market Harborough and surrounding villages […]

Villagers in Great Glen have voted to adopt their updated Neighbourhood Plan. It follows a referendum held yesterday, which saw 738 residents voting ‘yes’ and 69 ‘no’. The turnout was 23%. The plan details things like where new housing developments can go. The referendum was required following a review of the village’s previously adopted plan.

The idea for the community to buy and run Market Harborough’s Red Cow pub is on hold. It’s after it was revealed the High Street venue is on the verge of being sold, after being put up for sale for £350,000. Pete Urmston from Little Bowden was gauging interest in running it as a co-operative. […]

A man’s been banned from entering the majority of Market Harborough, after assaulting Police officers and being a public nuisance. Leigh Marlow has been made the subject of a Criminal Behaviour Order for five years. The 35-year-old, who caused widespread anger last year when he damaged the iconic ‘Tommy’ silhouette soldier by the War Memorial […]

An arsonist who endangered dozens of lives in Husbands Bosworth has gone on the run from prison. Daniel Milburn – who was jailed for five and a half years in 2018 – went missing from HMP Kirkham – an open prison near Preston in Lancashire on Wednesday. He set fire to bins at the Brooke […]

More pensioners locally have been targeted by fraudsters posing as Police officers. It has led to a new warning for people to be on-guard, after the tricksters phoned them saying they needed to withdraw cash from their bank accounts, claiming it could be made-up of counterfeit notes, which needed checking. They were told the money […]