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A Market Harborough school has been transformed thanks to a £2m building project. Farndon Fields Primary School can now accommodate 410 pupils thanks to seven additional classrooms – more than double the previous number. The main hall at the Argyll Park site has been extended and other improvements include a new playground and extra car […]

Fire crews have rescued a Harris Hawk after it became trapped thirty feet up on the top of a house in Market Harborough. Leather straps on the Bird Of Prey had become tangled around the TV aerial of the property on Nithsdale Avenue. Firefighters were called just after 1.30pm and had to use an aerial […]

A mystery person is bringing festive joy to people in Desborough by placing small Christmas Angels around the town for people to find. Made out of felt wire, together with a label reading ‘I’m your Christmas Angel – take me home and look after me,’ they’ve been found hanging from trees, fences and on benches. […]

Fraudsters posing as Police officers have stolen thousands of pounds from two local pensioners. They conned an elderly man in Market Harborough and a woman in Great Easton into handing over large sums of cash, after phoning them saying they were investigating a major fraud at their banks. Men who said they were officers then […]

Members of the emergency services and frontline NHS staff will be able to use facilities at Harborough Leisure Centre and Lutterworth Sports Centre for free over Christmas. Operator Everyone Active says it’s to recognise their dedication over the festive period, when many will be away from their families working. They will be able to use […]

Two young men have been injured after separate unprovoked attacks in Market Harborough last night. The first happened on Coventry Road, near the Spar shop, at around 9.50pm, when the 19 year old victim was punched in the face, leaving him with a facial injury. Then just after 10pm, a man in his 20s was […]

Leicestershire Police has secured one of the first convictions in the country for an assault against one of its team of specialist dogs. Police Dog Tammy was grabbed around the scruff of the neck when she and her handler were called to a domestic incident in Leicester earlier this year. Anthony Mee, of Herle Avenue, […]

Police are appealing for appealing for information after a man was slashed across the arm after finding two thieves trying to steal his motorbike. He was left with a serious injury that required a number of stitches, when he was attacked with a sharp object outside his house on Regent Street in Desborough just after […]

A £1,000 reward is being offered in a bid to get a little girl’s therapy dog back home for Christmas. Burglars stole the Dalmatian from eleven-year old Chloe Hopkins’ house in Peatling Parva during the early hours of last Sunday. The dog – called Lottie – helped the autistic youngster cope with her anxiety and […]

Police are to start using a new base at Lutterworth Sports Centre. It follows pressure from residents who have been calling for an increased presence in the town, following the closure of the Police Station six years ago. Everyone Active, who operate the sports centre, say they have offered the office space for now charge. […]