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Police have placed hard-hitting images on the side of buses as part of their on-going ‘Lives Not Knives’ campaign. It’s hoped that by highlighting the consequences, the campaign will prevent people from picking up a knife in the first place. The pictures are also appearing on social media and at bus stops during the campaign. […]

A man has been charged after a disturbance on board a train. British Transport Police were called to Market Harborough Railway Station just after 8.30am yesterday, following reports a man had made threats to assault rail staff. 19-year-old Philip Afriyie, Newarke Street, Leicester, is accused of threatening behaviour and will appear before Magistrates.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died in Swinford on Saturday. The man in his thirties – who was riding a black Aprilia bike – was pronounced dead at the scene after crashing on Stanford Road, close to Lilbourne Lane at around 4.30pm. No other vehicles were involved. Detective Constable Louise McMahon is […]

People are being asked whether they want to help try to buy and run a Market Harborough pub. The Red Cow on the High Street, currently owned by Greene King, is up for sale for £350,000. The idea is for it to become a community pub and be run as a cooperative, with locals buying […]

Police are investigating the death of a man in Kibworth Harcourt. He was discovered injured in a garden area behind flats in Glebeland, on the Kibworth Meadows estate, just after 7.30am yesterday. The Ambulance Service attended, but the man in his 30s could not be saved. Officers say they are treating the death as unexplained […]

A large amount of rubbish has been dumped close to the entrance to Kibworth Town Football Club and the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital. Containing rubble and other building materials, it’s thought it was flytipped last night off Fleckney Road after being discovered this morning. The rubbish prevented staff and volunteers from accessing the Wildlife Hospital. Harborough […]

Drivers are being warned of more disruption in Market Harborough because of roadworks. Towards the end of next week Kettering Road in Little Bowden will become one-way from the Gores Lane turn, to the Springfield St roundabout, and through to the St Mary’s Road/Clarence Street junction – meaning traffic will only be able to head […]

Six people have lost their jobs with the closure of the Bonmarché shop in Market Harborough. The store in St Mary’s Place is one of 17 to be shut this week, following the collapse of the over-50s women’s fashion chain last October. It had been hoped a rescue deal could have been completed in time […]

A popular vicar has held her last service in Great Bowden. The Rev Bryony Wood is taking early retirement and leaving the village after being Team Rector at St Peter and St Paul’s Church for the past two years. Rev Wood introduced a Pet Service and organised an amazing poppy cascade down the church in […]

Plans for a new flood-lit all-weather sports pitch at Robert Smyth Academy is Market Harborough have moved forward. A planning application for the facility, which would also be used by the town’s hockey club and made available to other community groups, has been submitted. The Academy has received grants to help pay for it, including […]