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35 new trees have been planted around a recreation ground in Market Harborough to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year. The District Council has planted a mix of different varieties at Burford Green on Western Avenue, including five specially-named Queen Elizabeth Acer trees. Other improvements for the area are also being discussed. Cllr Jonathan Bateman, […]

A man has died after the van he was driving crashed off a road in Great Glen and came to rest in a brook. The passenger, a woman, suffered serious injuries and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. The crash happened on London Road at around 9.45pm yesterday, as the Ford Transit […]

A stolen puppy has been found dead in a village near Lutterworth. The body of Fudge, a four-month old Cocker Spaniel, was discovered in a wooded area in Gilmorton yesterday afternoon, four days after he was taken from a car at Fosse Meadows Country Park near Broughton Astley. The puppy was taken from a crate […]

Significant damage has been caused to a house in Fleckney after a tipper truck crashed into the front of it. Police say nobody was injured in the incident, which happened just before 8.30am today on Leicester Road. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and East Midlands Ambulance service were also called to the scene, between the […]

There are calls for the publication of an internal review into a controversial redevelopment plan in Market Harborough. It was launched by Harborough District Council a year ago, after opposition councillors raised concerns about the way the plan for Naseby Square on the Southern Estate was handled. The Council brought forward the plan for the […]

A man who carried out a cyber-attack at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough has been jailed for 21 months. Adam Georgeson, who previously worked as an IT technician at the school, hacked into its computer systems last January, wiping data and changing passwords, stopping anyone from accessing them. His actions prevented remote learning for […]

Harborough Police recovered a quad bike and trailer within three hours of them being stolen from a farm in Glooston. The thieves struck just before 3.30pm yesterday – it is believed the quad was loaded into the back of a van and the cattle trailer then attached. A search was launched immediately by officers, who […]

Police seized an uninsured car believed to be linked to criminality after officers noticed it parked up in Great Bowden last night. No-one was with it on Langton Road, but drills and other items inside raised concerns. The number plate had also been tampered with. A full search of the vehicle is taking place today […]

Plans to rename Leicestershire Police have been branded ‘nonsense’ by the Police Federation. Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has launched a consultation on changing it to Leicestershire and Rutland Police, saying communities in Rutland, which the force also serves, don’t feel an affinity with it. But the Federation, which represents rank and file officers, […]