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Plans are being put in place for this year’s Leicestershire County Show which is taking place in Market Harborough for a fourth year. The agricultural event will be held over the weekend of August 24th and 25th at the Showground with organisers promising fun for the whole family. This year’s main attraction will be the […]

A row’s blown up after Desborough Councillors agreed to give £150,000 to a charity which is hoping to buy the town’s library. An extraordinary general meeting was held last week to decide whether Desborough Town Council should hand over the cash to Desborough Library and Community Hub – the charity set up to take over […]

A vet has been suspended for four months for kicking and stamping on a dog after it bit him at the Vets4Pets Practice in Market Harborough. Dr Jatinder Dhami attacked the Staffordshire bull terrier in November 2017, after the pet was taken to the practice, inside Pets At Home at the Springfield Retail Park, for […]

Two men are still being questioned by Police after reports a teenager was being held against his will at a house in Kibworth Harcourt. The 18 and 19-year-olds were arrested by armed officers at the address in Barnard’s Way yesterday morning. Police say the 16 year old victim was located inside safe and well. A  […]

A Market Harborough musician is tackling a series of gruelling obstacle courses to raise funds for a mental health charity.   Luke Crook completed his first ‘Spartan Super Race’ earlier this month – before hearing of ‘yet another case of mental health problems taking another life’.   Now the local bass player’s decided to complete […]

A new office building nearing completion in Market Harborough has been praised in a report by a construction watchdog. The Considerate Constructors’ Scheme has scored The ‘Grow On Space’ development at Compass Point Business Park as ‘exceptional’ in 4 areas and ‘excellent’ in another. Its independent auditors monitor sites around the country against the Scheme’s […]

Northamptonshire Police say a man has been arrested – as their investigations into illegal sheep butchery in the county continue. It’s after a spate of incidents over the past five months where meat thieves have slaughtered more than a hundred lambs in their fields – including recent cases on farms at Kelmarsh and Clipston. Police […]

An extraordinary meeting of Desborough Council tonight (Thursday 25th July) will decide whether or not it should help to buy the town’s library. Northamptonshire County Council is disposing of a number of its libraries as part of cost-cutting measures – and handing over the running to community groups. Desborough Library and Community Hub – the […]

A former Desborough postman has been given a suspended prison term by Northamptonshire magistrates after admitting to stealing money from the mail. 38 year-old David Starkey had been delivering letters in his home town of Desborough for over a decade before an investigation into damaged post was launched. Suspicions were raised after mail showed signs […]