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Support for adults with learning and physical disabilities is to end at Roman Way Day Centre in Market Harborough. Leicestershire County Council yesterday approved plans to stop providing the service, as part of cost-saving changes to its ‘Community Life Choices’ service. The authority will cease its ‘in-house’ provision for people with learning and physical disabilities […]

The Canal and River Trust is urging drivers to slow down after a historic bridge between Foxton and Theddingworth was hit by a vehicle for the second time in eight months. A car collided with the side of the structure on Bunker’s Hill Road, with some of the wall falling into the canal below. Major […]

A Climate Emergency Action Plan has been approved by Harborough District Council. It makes six key commitments, including working with residents and businesses to support action in reducing emissions and working towards making the authority itself carbon neutral 2030. The plan, approved at a meeting last night, was formulated after the Council declared a Climate […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at a Market Harborough convenience store last night. Two masked men entered the Spar shop on Coventry Road at around 7.50pm and threatened staff with knives, before stealing a quantity of cigarettes. They then got into a grey hatchback type vehicle which drove off towards Farndon Road. […]

Two Olympic heroes have been awarded the Freedom Of The Harborough District. The title, which is the highest accolade the District Council can give anyone, recognises the fantastic achievements of sailor Dylan Fletcher from Market Harborough and Paralympian canoeist Laura Sugar from Billesdon, who both won gold medals at the Tokyo games earlier this year. […]

Police are appealing for sightings of a car stolen from outside a house in Lutterworth after burglars broke in to steal the keys. The silver BMW 340i M Sport was taken from the Greenacres area of the town overnight. Officers also want residents to share with them any CCTV footage of suspicious people who were […]

Over 1,200 people living in the Harborough District had a Covid-19 booster jab over the weekend. It is among the highest amount of vaccines to be administered over a two-day period since the roll-out began last December. Latest figures show more than 41,600 third doses have been given across Harborough, meaning nearly half of the […]

Four men were arrested after Police discovered a suspected illegal pig farm in the Harborough District. A number of pigs, which are believed to have been slaughtered illegally, were found at the farm in the village of Leire on Saturday morning. Other pigs had to be put down by a vet, while a number of […]

A driver was arrested for being more than twice the drink drive limit after Police stopped a car with no front tyre near Market Harborough. Officers were alerted to the Vauxhall Corsa because of the loud noise the rim was making on the road. The 24-year old woman was taken into custody after the car […]

A new roundabout has opened to traffic on the A6 near Market Harborough aimed at boosting road safety. There have been campaigns for several years to improve the junction with Kettering Road at Clack Hill, which was seen as an accident blackspot because of the number of crashes there. Last year over 500 people signed […]