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There are renewed fears two local bus services could be axed in four months’ time. It is still not known if the 33 town service in Market Harborough, and the 44 that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney, will continue after the current contract ends in June. The Save Our Bus Services campaign handed […]

People can find out more later today about the major work starting later this month to replace water pipes in Market Harborough. Severn Trent are hosting an exhibition at the Methodist Church on Northampton Road between 4pm and 7pm detailing the plans. The £2m scheme to replace three miles of pipes, some over 60 years […]

A woman is warning how quickly a fire can spread after a blaze at her house in Braybrooke. The fire in Church Close was started by a nine volt battery that had somehow made its way into a dog bed and exploded. Together with her Mum, Terrie Cowley, was able to put out the fire […]

Police are appealing for information after a crash near Wistow on Friday afternoon left a man seriously injured. It believed the blue Land Rover Defender collided with the bridge over the river on Station Road, before crashing off the road and ending up in a ditch. The 49-year-old driver was airlifted to hospital from the […]

The owner of a business burgled 15 times in a year says he won’t let the thieves force him to shut. Frank Beale, who owns Frank Beale Vehicle Dismantlers, based on the old Desborough Airfield, has had equipment totaling over £15,000 stolen in the past 12 months. The latest raid last week saw intruders steal […]

The Kitchen Range Cookshop in Market Harborough has been crowned Britain’s best independent cookshop! It has beaten off competition from dozens of others to picked up the title at the Housewares Innovation Awards, run by the publisher of Housewares Magazine. The Church Street shop, run by Andy Johnston and his daughter Jade, has been trading […]

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A woman is appealing for help in finding a sentimental gold locket lost in Market Harborough town centre on Saturday afternoon. It has the name ‘Rachel’ on the front and has six other names engraved inside of her nieces and nephews. The locket was given to her 25 years ago by her parents when she […]

Two pet rabbits are being cared for after they were dumped in Market Harborough in freezing temperatures. Luckily someone witnessed a man taking them into bushes at the Steven Street allotments in a cat carrier, before releasing them. They were able to catch the animals and have now adopted them. It happened at around 5pm […]

Burglars have stolen a car, batteries and diesel from a scrapyard in Desborough. They targeted Frank Beale Vehicle Dismantlers off Stoke Albany Road, on the old Desborough Airfield, sometime between 5.15pm on Tuesday and 9am on Wednesday, cutting through padlocks on gates to get in. A Silver Ford Galaxy was taken. Northamptonshire Police are appealing […]