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Lorries have hit two railway bridges within the space of an hour. The first happened on Kettering Road in Little Bowden, just after 10am, with firefighters called to the scene due to a large piece of brickwork hanging down. A lorry then struck the bridge on the B6047 Melton Road towards the Langtons. Network Rail […]

A fraudster who pocketed £20,000 raised for the son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, at local fundraising events, has been ordered to pay back a little over £3,000 in compensation – seven times less than he took. Gary Gardner was jailed for two and a half years in September after the cash – raised at charity […]

It’s emerged a car stolen at knife-point was found by Police but then stolen again hours later from a ‘secure’ compound. The Audi RS3, worth £40,000, was driven off after robbers smashed their way into Phil Chambers and his fiancee Charlotte Gill’s house in Bitteswell, near Lutterworth, before Christmas and demanded the keys. Police found […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new gym to open on the Welland Business Park in Market Harborough, Planning permission has been handed to the Northamptonshire-based More Leisure Community Trust to open the facility in a vacant unit fronting Rockingham Road. There’s no details yet as to when that might happen.

Burglars have stolen mobile phones, tablet computers and a lap-top from the O2 Shop in Market Harborough. The forced their way into the premises in St Mary’s Place just before 2am today. Police say they were alerted after the alarm system was triggered but the burglars had fled when officers arrived. Officers are appealing for […]

A loan of £5m from Leicestershire to cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council has been repaid on time with interest. There were fears the cash – handed over last year – would never be seen again because of the dire financial state of the neighbouring authority. The money was handed back yesterday – the £35,000 interest will […]

Four masked burglars forced their way into a shop in Kibworth late last night before stealing a large quantity of cigarettes worth thousands of pounds. The men – one armed with a large crowbar – struck at the Premier Convenience Store on Fleckney Road just before 11pm after smashing through the front door. They activated […]

A holiday firm has moved out of its base in Market Harborough ahead of the site being transformed into a new HQ for town-based retail company Joules. Staff working for G Touring have relocated from Compass House on Rockingham Road over the road to The Point Business Park. Joules will move from their current offices […]

A new way to delve into the history of Market Harborough has been launched. ‘Highlights of Harborough’ – a new, online version of an project created by volunteers at Harborough Museum – lets people browse through much of the museum’s fascinating collection of old photographs and audio clips.   It also gives visitors the chance to […]

A woman was treated for facial injuries after being assaulted in a Market Harborough pub in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Paramedics were called to the King’s Head on Church Steet just after 2am. Police say the victim’s injuries are not believed to have been serious and she wasn’t taken to hospital. Inquiries […]