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A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car in Market Harborough last night. Emergency Services were called to Doddridge Road just before 6pm, following the collision close to the King’s Head Terrace junction. The 42-year-old was treated at the scene before being taken to the Walsgrave Hospital in […]
Police are appealing for information after man spat in the face of a woman at the Little Bowden Recreation Ground. The assault happened during an argument following an incident involving the victim’s dog at around 9.30am on Tuesday morning. Officers say the man – who had two small Jack Russell-type dogs with him – turned […]
We can expect another rise in our Council Tax bills next year. Leicestershire County Council is set to increase its share by 3.99%, which equates to just over £4 more a month for the average household. That would raise an additional £12m to support vulnerable people – £5m of that would be used to support […]
A fundraising drive has been set-up to help the pensioner who fell victim to heartless distraction thieves in Market Harborough. It follows Police today releasing a CCTV image of three people they want to speak to about the incident in the Waitrose Car Park last month. An anonymous local person appalled at what happened has […]
Leicester City Football Club is thanking all who placed messages in a book of condolence in Market Harborough following the helicopter crash. It’s sent a letter to the Council – which set-up the tribute in the Symington Building – after the tragedy in October. Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two of his staff Nursara Suknamai […]
Police have released a picture of two men and a woman they want to speak to after callous distraction thieves preyed on an elderly pensioner in Market Harborough last month. The lady, aged 83, had over £3,000 taken from her bank accounts after her purse was stolen from the boot of her car in the […]
Flats in Market Harborough are set to be demolished so affordable family housing can be built. Waterloo Housing Group has been handed planning permission for the redevelopment of ‘Rosehill’ off Leicester Road – adjacent to the ambulance station – which currently houses eight flats and was formally a children’s home. The building is considered no […]
A guitar signed by some of the world’s leading musicians has sold for £7,000 at auction for Leicestershire’s Rainbows Children’s Hospice The Fender Stratocaster is embellished with signatures including Pete Townsend, Alice Cooper, Gary Moore, Don McLean, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jimmy Page. The sale at Bonhams Auction House in London yesterday, to an […]
Northamptonshire Police is naming drivers charged with drink or drug driving as part of a month-long campaign over the Christmas period. During the first week, officers breathalysed more than 300 people and 14 people have subsequently been charged with drink driving offences. Another woman has been charged with failing to provide a breath test and […]
Plans to redevelop a derelict site in the centre of Kibworth have been given the go-ahead. Planning permission was granted last night for the conversion of the former Rose and Crown pub into four houses and four flats, and to build nine homes in the grounds of the Leicester Road site. Harborough Council’s planning meeting heard […]
