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Thieves have stolen cash after blowing up a cash machine outside a shop in Lutterworth. The free-standing ATM was attacked at the Co-op on Linden Drive at around 2.45am today, with debris left scattered across the car park. Near-by residents reported being awoken by an explosion. An investigation led by Leicestershire Police’s Complex Investigation Team […]

Two men have appeared in court and denied carrying out a ram raid at a Market Harborough jewellers. Necklaces and watches were stolen from County Jewellers after a motorbike was used to smash through the front door of the High Street shop in the early hours of September 1st last year. John Smith, 42, of […]

A Kibworth man is one of the first people in the country to have a Covid booster jab. Kevin Feltham had the top-up Oxford/Astrazenica vaccine as part of a trial involving 2,500 people, ahead of the plan to roll them out to the wider population. Last year he was one of the first people in […]

Six friends have raised over £1,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support after completing a 72-hole golfing challenge at Kibworth Golf Club. Macauley Sharpe, Liam King, Jake Houlichan, Harry Wootton-Cook and Joseph Davies took part in the charity’s ‘Longest Day Golf Challenge.’ They teed off in the dark at 5am using LED balls and played for 16 […]

A rapid rise in Coronavirus cases among young people has seen the infection rate across Harborough climb to the 25th highest in England. The number aged 17 to 21 testing positive is more than double the national average and cases in the 11 to 16 age group are also nearly twice the England figure. It […]

Fire crews have released a driver from the cab of a tipper lorry after it overturned near Lutterworth this morning. Emergency services were called to the Aeroplane Roundabout, the A426/A4303 junction, just after 8am. The vehicle also shed its load of gravel and the roundabout remains partially blocked. It is understood the driver was not […]

Plans have been announced to build ten new homes in Kibworth Beauchamp after a previous scheme for a retirement living complex was scrapped. A mix of bungalows and houses will go up on land off St Wilfrid’s Close,  if planning permission is granted. Developer Manor Oak Homes say there is now little market interest in […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a pharmacy delivery driver was injured in an unprovoked attack in Rothwell. The man, aged 47, needed hospital treatment after he was punched in the head while delivering medication in Littlewood Street on Friday morning. The attacker – a man – then fled in a white vehicle. Anyone who […]

Three firefighters from Desborough have conquered Mount Snowden today in their full fire kit. Stuart Tomlin, Ian Jarvis and Mel Barker, reached the summit of the mountain in North Wales in just a few hours. The on-call firefighters, based at the town’s fire station, took part in the fundraising challenge to raise money for The […]

The RMT Union has accused East Midlands Railway of compromising safety during Sunday strike action. But the train operator is denying the claims, calling them ‘false.’ A reduced timetable is in operation until the end of September because train managers are striking in a row over safety, related to trains being used by the company […]