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A virtual tourism summit involving firms from across the Harborough District is taking place today. It is aimed at sharing ideas on how to overcome the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, which has had a severe impact on the tourism and hospitality sector. Harborough District Council has organised the talks as it also looks at […]

A stranger danger alert has been issued two schoolgirls were followed by a man in a van in Market Harborough. He stopped beside one of them and stared at her near Longleat Close, on the Ashley Way estate, just after 8am yesterday and then drove beside the girl and a friend, who she met up […]

Robbers who stole Apple electronic products worth £5m from a lorry abandoned the getaway truck in Lutterworth. A driver and a security guard were tied up during the incident, that began on the sliproad of the M1 at junction 18 near Crick in Northamptonshire, just before 8pm last Tuesday. The gang loaded the goods, including […]

A thief who stole bikes worth over £1,000 from Market Harborough railway station has been jailed and ordered to pay compensation to his five victims. Richard Marlow, 41, stole four cycles from a temporary storage area outside the front of the station during July, August and September last year. He also stole one from the […]

People power has forced BT to scrap plans to remove public payphones in Market Harborough and Kibworth. Residents raised a number of concerns about the proposal to take away phone boxes from The Crescent in Market Harborough and Station Street in Kibworth Beauchamp. BT had proposed removing them due to low usage. Kibworth Beauchamp Parish […]

There are calls for sign language to be provided during Harborough District Council’s on-line public meetings. All are taking place remotely at the moment, with members of the public able to watch the live broadcasts on their computers. A motion to be discussed at tonight’s meeting of the full council says people who are deaf […]

Firefighters freed a driver from the wreckage of a van after a crash on the A14 near Welford this morning. It happened on the eastbound carriageway, close to junction 1, at around 7.30am. The van was involved in collision with a box van, and although the driver was trapped, he was not seriously injured. There […]

Police are appealing for help to find a teenager who is missing from Lubenham. Tyler Steane, 16, was last seen just after midday on Saturday. Officers are carrying out enquiries in a bit to ascertain his whereabouts and are urging anyone who knows where Tyler is, or has seen him, to call them on 101, […]

Quick action by firefighters stopped a deliberately-started blaze in Desborough from turning into a major fire. A large tyre was set alight inside a derelict barn at the top of Federation Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Crews were called just before 2pm and extinguished the fire as it began to spread to the structure of the […]

A driver was arrested after a car crashed into the back garden of a house in Market Harborough. Police were called to Britannia Walk, off Springfield Street, at around 5.40am yesterday after the Volvo smashed through a fence and hit a shed. A man, aged 43, from Kettering, was questioned on suspicion of driving whilst […]