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A roadshow supporting a national campaign to tackle fraud will visit Market Harborough and Lutterworth next week. Police and others will be on The Square in Market Harborough on Tuesday and in the Bell Street car park in Lutterworth on Thursday, to raise awareness of scams and how to reduce the chances of being a […]

Police are appealing for information after an attempted burglary in Desborough during the early hours of the morning. Intruders tried to get into a garage in Leys Avenue between 3.20 and 3.30am on Tuesday but fled empty-handed when an alarm went off. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said: “We are keen to hear from anyone […]

Shop owners in Market Harborough say they are experiencing unprecedented levels of theft. There has been an 11% increase in shoplifting incidents in the past year, with 137 offences reported to Police. Traders say there is an incident of theft or attempted theft on an almost daily basis, while they have also seen a rise […]

Harborough Museum is closed for the next fortnight to allow for changes to the Hallaton Treasure displays including putting never-before seen items on show. The collection has been the venue’s main attraction since going display in 2009 having been found nine years earlier near Hallaton, in one of the most important Iron Age discoveries in […]

The future of a vital bus service linking villages with Market Harborough and Northampton has been secured. The 59 and 60 routes had been under threat after the current operator Uno announced it would stop running them. West Northamptonshire Council subsidises the services and has awarded a new contract to Stagecoach, which will take-over the […]

Police are investigating after people in Kibworth Beauchamp had liquid thrown in their faces by the passenger of a car. It happened at around 8.45pm on Sunday when the dark-coloured 4×4 type vehicle pulled up next to a couple walking near the Co-Op on the High Street and beside a woman near the cricket club […]

Sainsbury’s is being urged to make urgent improvements to the car park outside its store in Market Harborough. The poor condition of the road surface in certain areas has led to complaints from shoppers, with large potholes and broken drainage grids. Some streetlights are also not working in the car park off Springfield Street, which […]

Villagers in Billesdon have hit out at the actions of a brewery who gave popular publicans just seven days notice to leave after terminating their contract. Mark and Wendy Richards took over running the New Greyhound last year and residents say they transformed the pub into a thriving community venue. Villagers mounted a petition demanding […]

Harborough’s Market Hall has been nominated for an award after hosting comedy events. The venue run by the district council was transformed into a theatre as part of Leicester Comedy Festival’s Big Weekend last month, with over 650 people attending shows there. Festival organisers have shortlisted the Market Hall in the Best Large Venue category […]

An appeal for information has been launched after a motorhome was badly damaged in a hit and run incident in Market Harborough. The vehicle was struck in Clipston Street by the driver of car who did not stop after the collision. It happened just before 8.15pm last Thursday and involved a dark-coloured hatchback type car, […]