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Severn Trent Water is working to repair a burst pipe which led to water supply problems in Market Harborough earlier today. Homes and businesses in the Northampton Road area had no water or very low pressure, although supplies should now be returning. Severn Trent Water teams are working to fix the issue near the Caxton […]

Hundreds of villagers have signed a petition amid fears their only bus services could be scrapped. West Northamponshire Council is considering withdrawing financial support for routes 59 and 60, which link places including Welford, Naseby, Clipston and Marston Trussell with Market Harborough and Northampton. It is feared the routes, which also receive financial support from […]

An appeal for information has been launched after cannabis-growing equipment was dumped on the A6 near Foxton. Over 50 black bags were flytipped in a lay-by, which also contained sections of cannabis plants and soil. The discovery was made yesterday and Harborough District Council’s environmental crime officers are investigating. Anyone who can help with the […]

A blaze which engulfed a pub in Lutterworth earlier this week started as a chimney fire. The Shambles on Bell Street was badly damaged by the fire on Monday, which tore through the roof of the historic 16th century thatched building. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has now completed an investigation into the blaze. A […]

A man been arrested after 18 dogs were found in a horrific state in the back of a van near Tilton on the Hill. Police officers who stopped the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon say the emaciated dogs and puppies, which were in cages with no food or water, were in the worst condition they had […]

A convicted killer who murdered two women in South Leicestershire in the 1990s has been found guilty of sexually abusing a boy in the years before the attacks. Alun Kyte, 58, attacked the nine-year-old at his home in Staffordshire during a five year campaign of abuse, which began in the 1980s. He is currently serving […]

Improvement work means a two-kilometre stretch of towpath beside the canal in Market Harborough is to close for around four months. The Canal and River Trust has secured funding of £600,000 to make the section more accessible and better for use all-year-round. The stretch of towpath between the canal basin at Union Wharf and ‘Bridge […]

A granddad from Market Harborough is celebrating great success on the global trance chart scene after his debut release peaked at number 6. Paul Smith, 68, has proved age is no barrier after he produced the track ‘Strange Times’  in a studio he built at the bottom of his garden. The title was inspired by […]

Tributes are being paid to a talented footballer from Thailand who died after being found injured at his student accommodation in Market Harborough. 17-year-old Duangpetch Promthep, known as Dom, won a scholarship to the Brooke House College Football Academy last year and was captain of the Thai boys’ football team rescued from a Cave in […]

A safety review is to be carried out on the stretch of the A47 in the Harborough District after two fatal collisions this year. Leicestershire County Council will conduct the investigation, following the deaths of two people in separate crashes near East Norton and Bushby in January. Cllr Simon Galton, who represents the area, has […]