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There are calls for a re-think on plans to build homes on the derelict Lawrence’s Factory site in Desborough. North Northamptonshire Council, who own the site off Harborough Road, wants to build 43 ‘affordable’ homes on the site off Harborough Road. But Desborough Town Council say the best option is for a mixed development including […]

A man has admitted stealing a lorry trailer containing children’s make-up products worth £86,000 from a business park in Lutterworth. Stephen Richards was seen attaching it to a lorry cab and driving off from the Trout Transport compound in Bilton Way in the early hours of May 24th. The eye-witness alerted Police and he was […]

Market Harborough author Tamsin Winter is celebrating launching her third book for young people today. Girl (in Real Life) is a funny, heartfelt story about what it’s like for a 13-year old to grow up on-line. The title has been crowned Book of The Month in The Observer newspaper and Book of the Week in […]

The government is reconsidering multi-million pound plans to electrify the railway from Market Harborough to Sheffield. The scheme to install wires along the whole of the Midland Mainline to Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield was controversially scrapped in 2017 to save cash. But the Department for Transport is now working with Network Rail in a bid […]

A Market Harborough man has been questioned by Police about a disturbance outside a coffee shop in Northampton. The 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of affray after officers were called to Abington Street in the town yesterday. He has been released under investigation pending further enquiries, as Police appeal for witnesses and potential victims to […]

A man has been fined £150 after being caught red-handed throwing litter out of his car window near Lutterworth. He was spotted by Council Enviro-Crime officers, who were patrolling the A426 as part of a new campaign to clampdown on litter louts dropping rubbish on roads and laybys. Harborough District Council have issued the driver […]

Market Harborough charity VASL is launching a new well-being befriending service to help adults with mental health issues. The project will see trained volunteers matched with people to offer support with issues like depression and anxiety. The free service will be available to anyone aged over 18 living in the Harborough District. VASL is now […]

Improvements are to be made to a car park in Market Harborough which is prone to flooding. New signage with clear warnings will be erected at the site off Rockingham Road and river level sensor technology is set to be installed, to provide an early warning of flood situations. Cars have been left submerged on […]

A man is being treated in hospital after a lorry overturned near Lamport yesterday afternoon. The 29-year-old driver was freed from the cab by fire crews, before being taken to University Hospital Coventry by Air Ambulance. Emergency services were called to Rothwell Road at 2.10pm, after the Scania HGV left the road and ended up […]

A man who crashed his car into a newly built house in Desborough – causing damage totalling over £78,000 – has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Simba Chimba, a nurse, lost control of his Mercedes on Dunkirk Avenue in the early hours of May 13th last year. He suffered minor injuries and no-one in […]