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A crash involving a lorry and car has closed the A47 near Skeffington. Emergency services were called just before 11am. The road is closed in both directions between the B6047 and Skeffington Glebe Road junctions. Leicestershire Police say is is expected to be shut for ‘a number of hours.’ East Midlands Ambulance Service and Leicestershire […]

Another rail strike has been announced which is set to disrupt train services from Market Harborough. The TSSA union says its members at East Midlands Railway will walk out for 24 hours from midday on Monday 26th September. They will join staff at eight other train operators and Network Rail in taking action, in an […]

Journalists at the Leicester Mercury are striking today in a row over pay. Members of the National Union of Journalists have walked out, after rejecting a 3% pay offer. They are among over 1,000 journalists nationwide taking action at newspapers and ‘Live’ websites owned by Reach. The NUJ say reporters, content editors and sub-editors at […]

Firefighters have been unable to determine the cause of a blaze which destroyed fencing at the back of a house in Market Harborough. They were called to Goodwood Close at 9.45pm on Saturday. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze, which spread to part of the garden. No-one was injured.

A burglar has been jailed for over two years after driving a car at a Police officer while fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in at a shop in Husbands Bosworth. The vehicle being driven by Thomas Brackenridge clipped the female PC, leaving her with cuts, bruising and whiplash. Officers had been called to the […]

A trial aimed at boosting the safety of schoolchildren has begun today in Thurnby. Main Street outside St Luke’s Primary School is being closed to traffic at drop-off and pick-up times for the next four weeks. Leicestershire County Council hope it will also encourage more pupils to walk, cycle or scoot to and from school. […]

The go-ahead has been given for Market Harborough Medical Centre to expand so it can better cope with increasing patient numbers. Six new consulting rooms and three additional treatment rooms will be created, together with a new pharmacy, improved reception area and extra office space for administrative staff. Harborough District Council has granted planning permission […]

It is understood talks between retail giants Joules and Next have stalled after the Market Harborough-based firm issued another profits warning. Next is looking to acquire a stake worth £15m in the Rockingham Road-based company, which has been struggling in recent months. Sky News has learnt that the two companies are not close to agreeing […]

Residents in Lubenham are preparing to host the village’s scarecrow festival next month. It will mark the popular event’s 20th anniversary and will be back after the pandemic forced it to be cancelled for the past two years. Dozens of villagers will be making scarecrows to display outside their homes over the weekend of September […]