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Villagers in Great Bowden say they feel ‘under-siege’ from roadworks, as from Monday there will be restrictions on all roads in and out of the village. Temporary traffic lights are in-force on Leicester Lane and Great Bowden Road for several more weeks, and Dingley Road is to be completely closed to traffic for 14 days from […]

Market Harborough is set to get its first official coach park in a bid to attract more tourists. Harborough Council has bought a parcel of land adjacent to the Market Hall Car Park off Northampton Road. Subject to planning permission, it’ll create a new car-park there, with spaces for coaches and around 30 cars. The […]

Owners are Toyota Prius cars are being warned they are being targeted for their catalytic converters. 20 have been stolen across Leicestershire in the past four weeks. Police say it’s linked to an increase in the price of the precious metals contained inside them, with the older generation of the Toyota model particularly vulnerable. Detective […]

A man has been jailed for six months for endangering the lives of the Police Helicopter crew based in Husbands Bosworth, by shining a green laser pen into the cockpit. Voyslav Dimitrov, 29, from Wellingborough, Northants, forced them to abandon their search for a group of men armed with knives, after the pilot took evasive […]

The go-ahead was given last night for a new homes across the Harborough District. Harborough Council’s planning committee approved plans for a new estate of 30 houses on land adjacent to Knights Close and Welford Road in Husbands Bosworth, which will see a mix of two to four-bedroomed homes and ten ‘affordable’ homes. Meanwhile, developer Bloor […]

Police have issued a warning after teenagers were seen cycling down the fast lane of the A6 bypass – towards on-coming traffic. Officers received numerous calls about the group who were on the section between Kibworth and Great Glen, just after 6pm on Monday. Officers say they could easily have been struck by a vehicle […]

Network Rail has issued a new plea after a waste lorry struck the bridge on Scotland Road in Little Bowden yesterday afternoon. The vehicle, which had a large skip on the back, collided with the structure bringing down some masonry and leaving a deep scratch mark. Trains had to be halted for around 30 minutes […]

Burglars have caused thousands of pounds worth of water damage after stealing a large quantity of copper piping from a property in Kelmarsh. They stuck sometime between 4pm last Thursday and 11am on Friday at the premises in the Wildnerness off Longhold Road. Police are appealing for information.

There has been a random act of kindness after the windscreen of a Police car was pelted with bricks. Two officers based at Market Harborough escaped uninjured following the incident on Sunday night, that happened while they were assisting colleagues in Leicester City Centre. After the officers Tweeted about the ordeal, a woman has gone […]

Northamptonshire’s fire crews are looking different from today, after being handed new, gold-coloured kit. It’s the first major change in 15 years with firefighters saying goodbye to their old, dark blue clothing. The new kit is lighter and the more modern design is aimed at protecting them from heat penetration, as well as maximising their […]