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Two new state-of-the-art Air Ambulances have taken to the skies of the Hfm Region today. The launch represents an investment of more than £30m over the next seven years by the Air Ambulance Service, the charity which operates life-saving helicopters across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The new models are faster than their predecessors and offer many […]

Police are set to be given new powers to tackle the increasing use of ‘laughing gas’ across Harborough. As well as being a health risk, as people inhale nitrous oxide to get an instant ‘high’, the littering of the small silver canisters, particularly in rural locations, is causing concern. The new Public Place Protection Order […]

Pupils will soon be waving goodbye to a mobile classroom, after the go-ahead for an extension at Church Langton Primary School. The project, costing £227,000, will see a new classroom built, along with a new office and storage area. Harborough District Council has granted planning permission for the scheme, The new-build will be home to […]

Changes are taking place to floral displays in Market Harborough’s Welland Park, in a bid to achieve ‘Green Flag’ status. Flower beds are being altered to allow for more all-year-round planting, one of the requirements of the nationally-recognised scheme, and to increase biodiversity. A mix of perennial longer flowering plants and shrubs will be planted […]

Police are patrolling outside schools in the Harborough District as pupils continue to return to the classroom. The patrols have been concentrated at Robert Smyth Academy and Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough and The Kibworth School at the start and end of the school day, and will continue for the rest of the week. […]

Police have searched a house in Market Harborough as part of an investigation into offences committed on-line. A warrant as executed this morning at a property in The Pastures, off Lubenham Hill. No arrests were made and Leicestershire Police say they can’t release any more details for ‘operational reasons.’ A spokesman told Hfm: “As part […]

Harborough District Council’s Enviro-crime team is appealing for information after a large pile of rubbish was dumped in a country lane near Hallaton. Building materials including panes of glass were part of the mess, along with a large flat-screen TV, a carpet, a mattress, bedding and plastic furniture. It is believed it was fly-tipped on […]

Market Harborough’s former Angel Hotel is set to become a new base for Brooke House College‘s catering facilities. It will be used to provide meals for students and staff if a plan is approved, following the closure of the historic hotel a year ago. 42 boarding students would also reside there, together with three live-in […]

Fraudsters are using the Leicestershire Police phone number in an elaborate cold call scam. Four people have fallen victim to it in the last week, handing over a total of £18,000. They have first received a call from someone claiming to work for HMRC, saying personal information needs to be passed to Police. A further […]

It’s thought dog thieves are leaving marks in ultra violet paint to identify potential targets, after several were found on house walls and gates in Hallaton. A dog was stolen in the village last week and Police say the link with the markings, which show up at night, appears ‘very credible.’ Harborough and Lutterworth Police […]