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Police have released a CCTV image after a staff member’s bicycle was stolen from the Welcome Truck Stop near Rothwell. It was taken from the back yard of the site off the A14 between 6.15am and 6.35am on October 27th. Officers want to speak to the man pictured inside the truck stop about the incident. […]

Police have recovered suspected stolen power tools and are hoping to return them to their rightful owners. They were found in a van in the Lutterworth area, which was believed to be involved in criminality. Pictures of some of the tools, including drills and cutters, have been released in a bid to find who they […]

It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas in Market Harborough town centre. The Christmas tree has arrived on The Square today and is being decorated ahead of Saturday’s Christmas Lights switch-on event. Dozens of giant baubles decorated by local schoolchildren are being placed on the tree,  sponsored by Market Harborough Building Society. Youngsters from […]

Tributes are being paid to former Harborough District councillor Bill Liquorish who has died aged 82. He dedicated nearly 50 years to public service, most recently representing the Primethorpe and Sutton Ward in Broughton Astley for 24 years before standing down at this year’s local elections. Mr Liquorish, a Conservative, was also a member of […]

Developers want to delay the opening of a road which will connect two sides of Market Harborough. The link road between the B6047 Harborough Road and A4304 at Lubenham Hill was set to open when over 450 homes had been occupied on the Airfield Farm housing estate, which it runs through. That number has now […]

More than half the people who responded to a public consultation say they are against plans to dim streetlights across Leicestershire. The County Council is proposing to reduce lighting levels to 30% after 8pm, to save money and cut carbon emmissions. 53% of the 706 residents who had their say oppose the idea, citing a […]

The go-ahead has been given for nearly half the trees in part of Market Harborough town centre to be felled because they are diseased or potentially dangerous. Planning permission was needed because a Tree Preservation Order covers part of the site, adjacent to the Market Hall car park on Northampton Road. A survey of the […]

A man sadly died after collapsing prior to yesterday’s Remembrance event in Lutterworth. He was taken ill in the area of the Memorial Gardens in Church Street around 10.30am and Police say despite the best efforts of emergency services he could not be saved. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “A participant in the Remembrance […]

Ten churches across the Hfm Region are under threat because of concerns about their condition. They have been named on Historic England’s new ‘At Risk’ Register, which lists historic places at risk of being lost due to neglect or decay. Fundraising campaigns are on-going at many of the historic churches in a bid to carry […]