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A Market Harborough fundraiser is thanking people for their support after running 12 half-marathons in 12 days. Ethan Marsh covered more than 150 miles and has raised over £300 for Cancer Research UK, after being sponsored by family and friends. He took on the challenge over Christmas, even running one of the half marathons on […]

A Market Harborough man has been arrested and dogs seized after another man was injured in Rothwell. It follows an incident at a premises in the town last month, when the victim was bitten by a dog and needed hospital treatment for injuries he sustained. Northamptonshire Police say the 39-year-old was arrested on suspicion of […]

A man was threatened after he challenged thieves who were trying to steal his neighbour’s campervan in Kibworth. He disturbed two men who became aggressive and then hurled stones at his house, causing damage. They then got into a car and drove off at speed. The incident happened in Links Road at around 1am yesterday […]

Work has begun to convert the former Carpetright store in Market Harborough into a gym. Contractors have moved into the building off Rockingham Road and set-up a site compound outside. National chain PureGym hopes to be able to operate the venue 24/7 when it opens in March, but is still awaiting approval from Harborough District […]

Men from Desborough and Rothwell have been arrested in connection with a serious assault. The victim suffered serious facial and arm injuries during the incident in a park in Kettering on Friday night. The 20-year-old man from Desborough and 24-year-old man from Rothwell were arrested today on suspicion of Section 18 – wounding with intent […]

Thieves have stolen horse trailers from two Harborough villages. An appeal for sightings has been launched after they were taken from Husbands Bosworth and Saddington. The thieves struck late on Sunday or during the early hours of Monday. Both were Ifor Williams-branded trailers and police are investigating the thefts. Anyone who has information is urged […]

An investigation has concluded a throttle problem forced the pilot of a light aircraft to make an emergency landing near Great Glen. The 68-year-old male pilot and three passengers on-board escaped without injury when the Cessna plane came down in a field in Little Stretton, just after 6pm on July 30th last year. The Air […]

Harborough District Council is proposing to increase the amount it charges residents after revealing its budget proposals. It plans to raise its element of council tax bills by 2.99%, which would mean residents living in a Band D property paying just over £5 more a year. The move, which follows no increase for the past […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars targeted a house in Market Harborough while the occupants were asleep. They got into the back of the property in Woodbreach Drive on the Ashley Way estate during the early hours of today. (Tuesday) The intruders carried out a search, but nothing is believed to have been stolen. […]

Police have found the driver who caused major damage to the cemetery in Foxton. A Jeep Cherokee car collided with around 15 graves and headstones when it crashed through fencing and into the site on Saturday evening. It then left the scene. Officers have now located the driver, a man from Northamptonshire, who is assisting […]