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The owners of a pig farm in the Harborough District have admitted breaching animal welfare regulations after secret filming revealed appalling conditions. Representatives from Elvidge Farms Limited appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court yesterday, after being prosecuted by Leicestershire Trading Standards. An investigation was launched in 2020, when animal welfare campaign group Viva! released graphic footage […]

Volunteers in Desborough have knitted and crocheted hundreds of woollen poppies to make a stunning display. They have all been put together and draped on the side of the library for the Remembrance period. The project is part of a larger one planned for next year, so people are continuing to contribute to it. The […]

A group of travellers have moved onto an area of the Commons Car Park in Market Harborough town centre. Around 10 caravans and other vehicles arrived last night and set up camp in the area opposite the Co-Op store. Leicestershire Police have served the group a notice to leave the car park by noon tomorrow. […]

Strike action and major engineering work will cause disruption for people travelling by train from Market Harborough from this weekend. Walkouts by union members at East Midlands Railway and Network Rail will mean a severely reduced service on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. In addition, there will be no trains directly to London this weekend, with […]

A man accused of breaking into homes in Market Harborough and Little Bowden has been remanded in custody. Christopher Bray appeared before Leicester Magistrates’ Court after being charged with burgling houses in Victoria Avenue and Scotland Road last month. The 44 year old, of no fixed address, who is also accused of offences in other […]

Shops and businesses in Market Harborough are being urged to do their bit to ensure the town centre looks festive this year. Alden Electrical is organising the Christmas Tree scheme and hopes over 100 premises will take part. The price for businesses to have a small tree and lights installed above their premises is £55+vat. […]

A collection Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey has sold at auction in Market Harborough for over £6,000. The bottles were amassed by a Northamptonshire-based collector on trips abroad between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s and featured many limited editions. The 18 lots were sold in an online auction of wines, spirits, whisky and miniatures at Gildings […]

A 12-year-old boy was injured after he was involved in collision with a car in Market Harborough this morning. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to The Broadway just after 8.40am. An Air Ambulance crew also attended the scene, but the pedestrian was taken to hospital by land ambulance. A Police spokesperson told […]

Police have arrested and charged a man after homes in Market Harborough and Little Bowden were burgled. Christopher Bray is accused of breaking into a house on Victoria Avenue in Market Harborough on October 19th and a property on Scotland Road in Little Bowden the following day, when items including laptops, game consoles, watches and […]

Police patrols will be stepped up in and around Market Harborough this evening for Halloween. Officers say the vast majority of people who go out ‘trick or treating’ will be well behaved, but a minority could use the occasion to get involved in anti-social behaviour. People going door-to-door are being urged to respect the wishes […]