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A Market Harborough man has admitted burgling homes of two elderly people in Rothwell after tricking his way in. William Wallace called at the house of a 90-year-old man in Moorfield Road late at night, claiming he owed him money and targeted a 78-year-old woman, saying she needed work doing on the roof of her […]

Police say no-one was seriously injured after a crash on the B6047 near Market Harborough. Officers were called to Melton Road, close to the railway bridge between the A6 junction and East Langton, just before 5pm yesterday. Two vehicles had collided. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM no serious injuries were reported. The road […]

No trains services will run through Market Harborough this Saturday and next Wednesday as drivers stage their next round of strike action. Members of the ASLEF union at East Midlands Railway will walk-out in their on-going row over pay and conditions, meaning the operator will be unable to run any trains. The union has also […]

A young woman who died in a crash on the A427 near Market Harborough has been described  as a ‘fun-loving girl and fantastic mummy.’ 23-year-old Courtney Donnelly from Kettering was killed when the car she was a passenger in left Harborough Road in Brampton Ash and came to rest in a field, late on September […]

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth is caring for an usual patient – an exhausted Manx Shearwater bird – thought to have got blown off-course during last week’s strong winds. The seabird is thought to have been en-route from the coast of west Wales to South America, where the species migrates to for the winter, but […]

A man has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a young woman in a crash on the A427 in Brampton Ash. Steven Gaskell is charged with causing death while driving disqualified and causing death while driving with no insurance. 23-year-old Courtney Donnelly from Kettering died when the Mini Cooper she was a […]

Work is underway to build a new £9.3m primary school in Market Harborough. Groundworks have begun at the site on the Airfield Farm housing estate, where the 210-place Airfield Farm Primary School will be constructed over the next few months. Leicestershire County Council is funding the build, using money provided by housing developers William Davis […]

Shop and business owners concerned about rising rents and business rates are being urged to attend tonight’s meeting of Market Harborough Chamber and Trade and commerce. Both factors were blamed for closure of Stray’s Coffee shop in the town centre last week. The meeting is taking place at The Village on St Mary’s Road from […]

A driver was clocked speeding at 106mph on the A6 Desborough bypass yesterday. Northamptonshire Police’s Safer Roads team say the manner of driving was ‘more suited to a race track than a public road’. A further 13 drivers were caught speeding on the bypass during the checks, which also spotted two motorists using mobile phones […]

Police have charged a man after a crash on the A427 in Brampton Ash which claimed the life of a 23-year-old woman. She was a passenger in a Mini Cooper which left Harborough Road and came to rest in a field late on September 17th. Steven Michael Gaskell is accused of causing death while driving […]