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The funeral has taken place of Al James, one of the founder members of 70s pop band Showaddywaddy, who died following a fall at his home in Market Harborough last month. The musician, whose real name was Geoff Betts, was laid to rest at the St John the Baptist Church in Billesdon, the village where […]

A family are overjoyed, but slightly embarrassed, after their pet dog – which they thought had been stolen – was found in their conservatory! Two-year-old Pug, Lexi, vanished yesterday lunchtime, with her owners launching a major social media appeal to find her, after it was thought someone had walked into their house on Forsythia Close […]

A 30mph speed limit is to come into force on a section of the A6 between Market Harborough and Kibworth for ten months. Highway bosses say it’s so work connected with the upgrade of the sewage treatment works – located off Harborough Road in Kibworth – can safely take place. The restriction, set to come […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a head-on crash left two drivers seriously injured. It happened on the A6 bypass near Desborough, just after 5.30pm on Friday. The female drivers of both cars involved – A Ford KA and Ford Focus – were trapped in the wreckage of their vehicles and had to be cut […]

A piece of artwork to celebrate 100 years since women first gained the right to vote, has been unveiled in Market Harborough. Medbourne-based artist Derek Hunt created it after being commissioned following a public vote earlier this year. His design – which uses intricately mounted coloured glass featuring images of local suffragettes – has pride […]

The acting headteacher of Leicester Grammar School in Great Glen has been dismissed following a claim of “professional misconduct”. A formal investigation was launched earlier this year following the allegation against James Rich. No details of what it related to have been released. A letter has been sent to parents of students at the private school […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a Market Harborough woman was left seriously injured after being hit by a car on Thursday evening. Officers are also keen to hear from anyone who captured the collision on Doddridge Road, or the events leading up to it, on their vehicle’s dashcam. The 42-year-old pedestrian remains in a […]

Over 600 hundred people have joined an Action Group calling for more Policing resources in Lutterworth and surrounding villages. Residents say thefts from vehicles, burglaries and shoplifting is becoming an almost daily occurrence. In the early hours of yesterday a pay and display parking machines was stolen from the Church Close car park after being […]

There has been a massive response to this year’s Toys On The Table Appeal from people in and around Market Harborough. Over 1,000 new toys have been donated here at Hfm in the past few weeks. That is the highest amount ever at this point in the appeal, which aims to ensure around 4,000 disadvantaged […]

Tricksters posing as police officers have conned people into handing over more than £60,000 by telling them to pay bail for a relative to be released from custody. The gang, which contacts its targets by phone, claims the relative can only be released upon payment of ‘bail money’. They then persuade the victim to meet […]