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A shoplifter has been jailed for stealing goods worth over £6,000 from Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough. Florin-Leonard Dronea targeted the store twice in four days in December to steal health and beauty items, including Olay-branded creams razor blades. On the first occasion he stole items worth £1,200 and when he returned for a second time […]

A cyclist was injured after being involved in collision with a car driver near Market Harborough last night. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the B6047 Harborough Road just before 10.15pm. The male rider was taken to hospital with injuries described by police as ‘not life-threatening’. The collision happened on the stretch […]

The government has rejected a call to delay May’s local elections in Leicestershire. The county council had requested the poll was put on hold for a year while talks continue on the potential shake-up of local government. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said that while she had approved the postponement of elections in some areas […]

A man has been seriously injured in a crash in Desborough. It happened at about 8am today on Brampton Wood Lane and involved a Vauxhall Corsa van, which left the road and collided with a tree. Emergency services including an Air Ambulance were sent to the scene. The 56-year-old man who was driving was taken […]

Police investigating a fatal crash on the A5199 have carried out a reconstruction of the collision. A 22-year-old male pedestrian died in hospital after suffering serious injuries when he was struck by a lorry near Kilby on January 17th. The stretch of road between Kilby and Kilby Bridge was closed last night to allow for […]

It is the end of an era as a Market Harborough charity closes its doors for the final time today. Shopmobility has helped thousands of people to stay mobile for over 25 years, by providing mobility scooters and other mobility aids for hire. The charity has been forced to shut down after being given notice […]

A Market Harborough-based charity has launched a Snowdrop Appeal in a bid to raise £1,000. Home-Start South Leicestershire, which supports vulnerable and disadvantaged families, wants you to share photographs of snowdrops and make a donation at the same time. The appeal uses the snowdrop image to represent challenges faced by families during the long winter […]

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Police are holding a month-long firearms amnesty over concerns about the potentially lethal risk posed by a type of blank firing gun. Anyone in possession of Turkish-made ‘top-venting blank firers’ or ‘TVBFs’ can surrender them at Police stations including in Market Harborough, with no questions asked. The guns are now illegal following […]

You’re being urged to have your say on Harborough District Council’s budget plans. They include increasing the amount you pay the authority in council tax by 2.99% from April, which equates to just over 10p more a week for those living in a Band D property. Bosses say the rise is needed to prepare for […]

Supermarket giant Morrisons have been left red-faced after a spelling mistake on promotional leaflets for a new store in Desborough. It referred to the shop being on ‘Baybrooke Road’ instead of Braybrooke Road, which has caused amusement among residents. A Morrisons spokesperson told HFM the store is a franchise Morrisons Daily, so not owned by […]