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A woman has been charged with a number of burglaries after being arrested in Great Bowden on Friday. The 32-year-old from Market Harborough will appear in Court next month. Police say the charges do not relate to incidents in the village, but others she is accused of committing in recent weeks.

The Armed Forces Day flag is flying in Market Harborough after being raised during a special ceremony. Service organisations joined veterans, school children and dignitaries yesterday on Church Square, with the flag going up on the Symington Building, ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday, to honour service men and women past and present. Cllr Barbara […]

A judge has praised the bravery of a Market Harborough beautician who tackled a thief in her salon. Helen Walker was left with facial injuries and bruises to her body after being punched and kicked by Simon Thraves, when she tried to stop him leaving The Beauty Lounge on The Square, believing he’d stolen from […]

A rare copy of the Beatles’ first album has sold at auction in Market Harborough for £2,200, after being unearthed in a house clearance. The stereo edition of Please Please Me went under the hammer at Gildings yesterday and It sold for four times its estimate. At the time in the 60s, the Parlophone record […]

Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A6 bypass near Market Harborough this morning. A Ford Fiesta van and Mercedes were involved in the collision near the McDonald’s roundabout just before 8am – the Mercedes ended up in a ditch. The fire service was called amid fears drivers were trapped, although […]

Harborough Council has declared a Climate Emergency. The move received unanimous support from councillors when they met last night and means the authority pledging to do more to tackle climate change locally and developing an action plan to work towards being carbon neutral by 2030. In March a group of Welland Park Academy students held […]

A woman was arrested in Great Bowden at lunchtime today. Police say officers responded to a number of calls made by villagers about a person trying car door handles and approaching houses.. The 32-year-old is being held on suspicion of burglary. Police are thanking those who called in with information. The woman remains in custody. […]

A team of four cyclists from Market Harborough are setting off on a big fundraising challenge today. They’re heading to Geneva in Switzerland when they’ll then embark on a 700 kilometre ride through the mountains to Nice in France. Duncan Murray, of Duncan Murray Wines, Glen Thurgood, owner of The Training Shed, Matt Williams, who […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has raised the issue of school funding in the House of Commons   Concerns have been expressed by the Academy Trust that runs Farndon Fields in Market Harborough and Kibworth Primary Schools. It says they will face tough choices and difficult decisions over the next few years because of funding pressures. […]

No-one was injured after a crash on the A6 in Kibworth during last night’s rush hour. One of the two cars involved collided with the wall at the front of a house at the junction with Main Street, completely demolishing it. Police were called just after 6pm – a baby was in one of the […]