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A Royal Navy veteran from the Harborough District fought off a robber by headbutting her. Cliff Goldfinch was attacked outside his home in Ullesthorpe, by a woman who had earlier approached him five miles away at Morrisons in Lutterworth, when she asked for the time. The robber then followed the 74-year-old home, likely in a […]

Leicestershire’s Chief Fire Officer has condemned an attack on firefighters in Lutterworth. Youths hurled rocks at crews sent to deal with a fire in Mere Lane on Sunday evening, causing damage to two fire engines. Callum Faint has described what happened as ‘senseless and disgusting’ and says Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service will work with […]

Villagers in Kibworth have a won a battle to keep an essential pedestrian route open when a railway bridge closes for up to eight months. Network Rail has agreed to install a temporary footbridge while work to upgrade the main bridge off School Road takes place. It follows a campaign mounted by local councillors and […]

A stretch of the A6 Desborough bypass has re-opened after a three-day closure – but will have to shut again this weekend. Repairs to a failing road surface over a railway bridge are taking longer than expected, meaning the section between the B576 and Braybrooke Road roundabouts will have to close to traffic for a […]

An appeal has been launched for photos and video footage of yesterday’s flash flooding in Market Harborough. The Harborough Town Hub, which is currently working on a report to highlight the risks of flooding in and around the town, would like the pictures and videos, to form part of evidence within it. Leicestershire County Council, […]

A Market Harborough teenager is washing cars, mowing lawns and selling things at school fetes to raise money for a charity trip to Costa Rica next year. Marcus Penchev is hoping to spend four weeks working to improve the lives of people living in poverty-stricken areas of the Central American country, after signing up for […]

A fierce thunderstorm brought giant hail stones and led to flash flooding on roads in Market Harborough. It lasted for around 30 minutes from just before 5pm yesterday, bringing an abrupt end to glorious sunshine. Police were called after vehicles got stranded in deep water on Northampton Road, near the Welland Park Road junction and […]

Farms across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire are taking part in this weekend’s Open Farm Sunday. The annual event gives the public the chance to see what farmers do and why – explaining how they grow food and care for livestock and the environment. Farms in Loddington, in the north of the Harborough district and in Brixworth […]

A driver has admitted failing to stop for Police before crashing a pick-up truck into a tree in Desborough. Lee Hopkins, 20, fled on foot but was arrested a short time later, after being located by a Police dog. The crash happened at the junction of Stoke Albany Road and Brampton Wood Lane late on […]