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CCTV has been installed around flats in Market Harborough amid concerns about drug-related anti-social behaviour. The camera has gone up in Jubilee Gardens after Police made a request to Harborough Council. Officers say there have been increased reports of offences being committed within the flats there and near-by surrounding area. They say the CCTV is […]

The former Finance Director of a Market Harborough holiday firm has appeared in Court to face fraud charges. Jamie Tann worked for Diamond Shortbreak Holidays before the company went into administration in March 2017. The 37-year-old, of Savernake Drive, Corby, is charged with four counts of fraud by false representation, three counts of false accounting […]

New plans have been announced to convert a historic building in Market Harborough town centre into apartments. The scheme for Brooklands House on Northampton Road would provide 14 two-bedroomed apartments and one one-bed, with developers saying there is demand for such accommodation in town. It includes a new two-storey building going up at the rear, […]

A driver collecting scrap metal in Market Harborough has had his van seized by Police. Officers stopped the Romanian-registered Mercedes Sprinter on Welland Park Road yesterday afternoon. They say the owner, from Birmingham, had no business insurance or waste carrier licence and the vehicle had two bald tyres.

Volunteers from Market Harborough In Boom are busy making the town look good as they prepare to enter the East Midlands In Bloom competition. They are working in various areas ahead of a visit by judges in the summer. Over 1,500 plants have been planted in the past few weeks, including in 45 planters in […]

A man’s been fined £300 after items dumped in a country lane in Great Bowden were traced back to him. Harborough Council’s Environmental Crime Team investigated after a large amount of household rubbish was flytipped on Welham Lane. The man in his 20s from Kettering, who hasn’t been named,had paid a friend to take away […]

There are celebrations for Market Harborough sport after teams excelled in competitions. Students from Welland Park Academy won all three age group titles at the South Leicestershire Schools Athletics Championships, the first time the school has secured the triple. Over 100 athletes from the Academy took part and Head of PE, Jason Button said “Well […]

A car was deliberately set on fire near Braybrooke last night. Firefighters from Desborough were called to Desborough Road, near the A6 junction, just before 11pm and quickly extinguished the blaze after arriving to find the Vauxhall Astra well alight. They confirmed the cause of the fire was deliberate ignition and informed the Police. Anyone […]

Severn Trent is to replace water pipes in part of Kibworth Beauchamp. The work will begin on High Street – close to the Smeeton Road junction – in the middle of July, and continue into Fleckney Road where it is expected to be completed by the Dover Street junction in September. Severn Trent say the […]

Three illegal waste sites have been uncovered in the Harborough District during a sting operation. The Environment Agency has now launched investigations after visiting premises in Foxton, Mowsley and Skeffington. Officers discovered dumping of construction and demolition waste, which is prohibited, plus illegal storage. The action followed concerns from residents and information passed on by […]