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Harborough Police seized two cars this morning during an operation targeting uninsured drivers. Checks were carried out during rush-hour on the A6 bypass between the Rockingham Road and McDonald’s roundabouts. The drivers have also been reported for driving without insurance.
Severn Trent Water is asking people across Harborough to conserve water supplies by not using hosepipes or sprinklers, as the heatwave continues this week. It comes after the first hosepipe ban of the summer came into force, in Northern Ireland. The company says having showers instead of baths is another good way of helping to […]
Judges from the East Midlands in Bloom Competition are visiting Lubenham today. It’s the first year it’s been entered into the Best Village category of the contest. Tomorrow it’s Market Harborough’s turn to be judged!
Police are investigating after seven vehicles were damaged by a corrosive substance thought to have been sprayed from a lorry on the A4304. It happened between Market Harborough and Lutterworth on the morning of Friday June the 22nd. Officers say it caused significant damage to bodywork and windscreens and the lorry involved had a blue […]
Police are advising householders to take extra security measures in the light of recent distraction burglaries in Market Harborough. Elderly and vulnerable people have most commonly been those targeted by the cold calling criminals – so family and friends are being asked if they can step in to help. Free security devices like door chains […]
A local learning disabilities nurse could be in line for national honours with ground-breaking work to help people with learning disabilities access life-saving cancer screening. Sam Screaton, a learning disabilities primary care liaison nurse with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, has been shortlisted in the ‘Breaking Barriers’ category of the 2018 national Learning Disabilities and Autism […]
Villagers in Medbourne have voted to adopt their neighbourhood plan at a referendum held in the village yesterday. Votes in favour 158 and votes against 11. Turnout was 44%
The villagers of Medbourne are voting today (Thursday 28th June) on whether to approve their Neighbourhood Plan. Following extensive consultations with residents and businesses, the seventy page document covers areas such as housing, employment, environment, transport and community facilities. It follows similar referenda in Great Bowden and East Langton last Thursday and, if […]
Leicestershire Police has announced that it’s to extend its “Summer Drink Drug Drive” campaign – until the end of the World Cup! The extra two weeks has been added after 66 drivers were arrested across the county over the past month alone – with arrests for drug driving going up by 45%. The […]
Speeding drivers will be caught! That’s the warning from Leicestershire Police after speed checks on the A6 between Kibworth and Great Glen – where the limit is seventy miles per hour – recorded some motorists doing more than a ton! Officers from Market Harborough monitored speeds between half past eight and half past […]
