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Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a spate of criminal damage in Desborough. The incidents happened just after midnight on May 3rd, when a man damaged windows of a GP surgery and kebab shop in High Street by kicking them. A car parked in Station Road […]

A man has been jailed after Police found cannabis with a street value of up to £60,000 in his car boot on the A14. Klaus Dalipi was arrested near Kelmarsh on June 11th, after Police discovered a large bag of the drug when they stopped the VW Passat he was driving. The 29-year-old, of no […]

Market Harborough Tennis Club has unveiled its new £300,000 clubhouse. It marks the culmination of ten years of fundraising for the facility at their base in Great Bowden, which replaces the previous ageing building. The thriving club received various grants to raise the money needed to build the state-of-the-art facility. Players were joined by supporters […]

Council bosses have acted to protect around 30 trees on a green space near Gartree Prison, amid fears the area may be redeveloped. A temporary Tree Preservation Order has been placed on the land by Harborough District Council, with a view to making it permanent. Residents on Stuart Crescent raised concerns earlier this month that […]

The new Health Secretary has agreed to hold talks about the future of Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth. An in-patient ward at the community hospital was closed last year, promoting concerns the site could shut altogether, although the hospital was brought back into use as a Covid-19 vaccination clinic. Sajid Javid responded to a question […]

A new campaign has been launched to target litter louts discarding rubbish in laybys and along major roads across Harborough. Enforcement vehicles, fitted with cameras, will be patrolling hotspot areas, including the A6, A4304 and A47, and people who capture footage of drivers throwing litter out of vehicles on dashcams are being urged to submit […]

Work to improve safety at an accident blackspot on the outskirts of Market Harborough is set to begin next week. A roundabout will be constructed on the A6, at the junction with Kettering Road at Clack Hill, which has been the scene of several serious crashes over the years. There will be disruption for drivers […]

The family of a Desborough man who died when his tricycle was hit by a driver in her 90s have made a plea to elderly drivers to get their eyes tested. Mick Harvey, who was 85, was killed last May, when he was struck from behind on Stoke Albany Road. Police decided not to pursue […]

Police have met residents and young people in Kibworth after concerns were raised about anti-social behaviour in parks. Officers, together with officials from Harborough District Council, visited Warwick Park and Smeeton Road Recreation Ground on Friday. Police are thanking all who took the time to speak to them and say although there is still work […]