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Work is underway to replace trees that had to be felled at two parks for safety reasons. A mix of copper beech, cherry blossom, English walnut, crab apple and American sweet-gum trees are being planted in Market Harborough’s Welland Park – by the dog walking area and the river bank – and at the Little […]

A woman was taken to hospital after a car was involved in collision with a double-decker bus near Braybrooke this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Desborough Road just before 1.30pm. Police say the female driver of the car suffered injuries not thought to be serious. The bus driver and none of the passengers on-board […]

The Post Office is in talks with a number of people who have expressed interest in running a branch in Market Harborough town centre. It comes after the firm revealed earlier this month the current facility inside the GT news shop in St Mary’s Place is set to shut in April, as the sub-postmaster is […]

One of Market Harborough’s oldest shops has closed due to ‘difficult trading conditions.’ The owner of W J Loomes butchers on Church Square is hopeful someone else can be found to take-on the shop, with the lease now available. The shop was bought by Market Harborough-based CJ Galleon Limited last year, after previously trading as […]

Thieves have stolen cash after blowing up the cash machine on Western Avenue in Market Harborough. People living near-by have told Hfm they heard a loud explosion and Police say the received a number of 999 calls just after 1.20am. The free-standing machine, outside the shops, has been left badly damaged with pieces of it […]

Three masked burglars have threatened the occupants of a house in Lutterworth with a knife, crowbar and baseball bat before stealing a high-powered car from the driveway. They forced their way into the property on Hill Drive through a rear patio door at around 8.15pm on Sunday, before demanding the keys to the grey Audio […]

Network Rail has issued a warning after a drone was spotted flying near the railway in Great Bowden. There have been a number of sightings of one in the air above the Recreation Ground, off Station Road, in recent days, which borders the Midland Mainline. It’s illegal for drones to be flown within 150 metres […]

A convicted murderer, serving his sentence at HMP Gartree near Market Harborough, has had almost £8,000 seized from him in the first action of its kind in the UK. The man was targeted by a new Ministry of Justice and Police task force set up to disrupt organised crime in prisons. They acted after a […]

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near Pipewell. It happened at about 10.50am on Sunday when a black Vauxhall Astra, travelling from Pipewell towards Great Oakley, came off the road, went through a hedge, overturned and came to rest in a field. The driver, a 36-year-old woman from Kettering, was taken to […]

Plans have been revealed to build a specialist care home on the site of Market Harborough’s Ambulance Station. The 76-bedroom facility is proposed for the Leicester Road site, which is being sold by East Midlands Ambulance Service for around a million pounds, as crews are co-locating to Police Station later this year. Frontier Estates, a […]