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A second man has been arrested by police investigating an armed robbery at a Market Harborough convenience store. The 38-year-old has been questioned about the incident at the Spar shop of Coventry Road and released pending further enquiries. Staff were threatened with knives by two men who stole cigarettes on December 13th. The robbers fled […]

Great Bowden Primary Academy has been granted planning permission to create two new classrooms. The new modular building will replace a dilapidated mobile classroom. The Learn Academies Trust, which the school belongs to, secured funding totalling £374,000 for the upgrade. As well as providing better facilities for children and staff, the development will also help […]

The plan for a new supermarket in Desborough has moved forward. Sainsbury’s have handed in a planning application to build the store on the edge of the town, off Harborough Road, close to the BP Petrol Station. It follows overwhelming support from residents’ who responded to a public consultation last year, when the idea of […]

A driver was arrested after a car crashed on Farndon Road in Market Harborough on Saturday night. Police say the 40-year-old man left the scene on foot, but was detained by officers a short time later on suspicion of drink-driving, criminal damage and a racially aggravated public order offence. Officers, who were called at 11.10pm, […]

Market Harborough’s firefighters say poor parking is putting lives at risk. Their appliance was unable to get along East Street, Highfield Street and Logan Street, because of the way some cars had been left, instead having to reverse the fire engine out of the area. Luckily they were not on a 999 call at the […]

There is concern over the impact a massive new prison near Market Harborough would have on neighbouring villages. Both Lubenham and Foxton Parish Councils are strongly opposing the 1700-inmate jail going up on land adjacent to the existing Gartree prison. 600 staff would be employed if it is given the go-ahead, in addition to 100 […]

A company has been ordered to remove a digital advertising display from outside a Market Harborough supermarket, because it is an eye-sore. It was installed at the entrance to Sainsbury’s without planning permission and a government inspector has now ruled the District Council were right to refuse a retrospective application. Cllr Jonathan Bateman, Harborough District […]

Five men have been arrested after a burglary at a house in Sibbertoft. They were held following a Police pursuit, after a car stolen during the break-in on Welford Road on January 8th, triggered automatic number plate recognition cameras. A spokesperson for Northants Police said: “Officers spotted the stolen grey BMW parked up alongside a […]

A Lutterworth man has been jailed for five years for his involvement in a drug dealing gang. Joshua Davies, 24, of Crescent Road, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs at Leicester Crown Court. He was one of four men jailed following months of Police investigative work into a ‘drugs […]

Three men have appeared in court accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in the village of Misterton near Lutterworth. They made a brief appearance at Leicester Magistrates’ Court and were remanded in custody, to appear at Leicester Crown Court next month. No pleas were entered. Vahar Manchala, 22, of Gaul Street, Leicester, is […]