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University students from the Harborough District who test positive for Coronavirus are influencing local case data, despite not living here at the moment. If they have not registered with their nearest GP at university and test positive for COVID-19, they are being counted as part of Harborough’s figures. The infection rate in the District currently […]

Police are stepping up the hunt for an arsonist who has targeted four local farms in a month. Thousands of bales of straw have been destroyed in the blazes, all started deliberately in barns or at the edge of fields. The latest happened in Cranoe in the early hours of Saturday, which followed fires in […]

Firefighters have been dealing with around a thousand bales of straw on fire in the village of Cranoe. Crews from Market Harborough, Kibworth, Wigston and Uppingham were called to the stack fire, in a field off Main Street, at 3.45am today and remain at the scene damping down. There have been a number of deliberately-started […]

Over 20 independent shops and businesses in Market Harborough have joined forces to host a children’s pumpkin trail from today in the run-up to Halloween. Running during the school half-term break, pumpkins are hidden in all the participating premises, with children challenged to find them with a series of clues. The event aimed at raising […]

Drivers are being warned of road closures next Wednesday, which will result in a detour through Market Harborough town centre. Foxton Road which goes from Lubenham to Foxton will be shut, along with part of Gallowfield Road, from near HMP Gartree. It’s so Leicestershire County Council can carry out carriageway patching work. The diversion route […]

People are being urged to spend an extra £5 at independent shops and businesses in and around Market Harborough, as part of a campaign to encourage people to shop local. The ‘Fiver Fest’ is highlighting the big impact that would have on the local economy. Many shops and traders at Harborough Market are offering special […]

A burglar who stole a sentimental watch, cash and expensive Ray-Ban sunglasses from a house in Little Bowden has been jailed for four-and-a-half-years. Raymond Abbott-Moore broke into the home on Scotland Road on August 18th during a four-week  crime spree, in which he committed three other burglaries in Leicestershire, at houses in Leicester, Thurmaston and […]

There will be be no on-street Poppy Appeal collections in Market Harborough this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Royal British Legion have taken the decision to reduce the amount of face to face contact between its volunteers, the majority of which fall into the vulnerable age group and the general public. There will […]

Warning signs are going up in hotspot areas for catalytic converter thefts after a big rise across Leicestershire. Thieves are stealing them off cars because they contain precious metals, which can be sold on, and are mainly targeting older Toyota and Honda vehicles. There have been 618 thefts reported to Leicestershire Police in the past […]