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Market Harborough could still get a brand new Leisure Centre. Harborough Council will explore if building a new facility on an alternative site, or a major re-vamp of the current centre is the best option. Its cabinet had been asked to back the refurbishment plan, but decided both alternatives need to be looked at. The […]

A man has been arrested after a stolen car crashed in Market Harborough early this morning. The driver of the black Vauxhall Corsa failed to stop for Police in Bath Street after it was stolen from a business premises in Grenville Gardens. It collided with a wall and a number of parked cars in the […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and making threats to kill after armed Police were called to Broughton Astley this morning. Officers responded to reports someone was seen with what looked like a gun outside a house in Windsor Way just before 5am and a Police helicopter was scrambled. […]

Police say a man arrested at the scene of a crash in Kibworth yesterday was more than five times the drink drive limit. Officers were called to New Road at around 3.45pm after a car collided with a parked car. Police say the driver provided a roadside breath test of 187 – the legal limit […]

A major flood has forced the closure of a Market Harborough pub. A sign on the door of the Sugar Loaf on the High Street says it will be shut ‘until further notice,’ although owners JD Wetherspoon say it will be open again tomorrow. A spokesman told Hfm: “Maintenance work is being completed today to […]

An arsonist who endangered dozens of lives in Husbands Bosworth is still on the run – nearly six months after absconding from an open prison. Police say there have been no reported sightings of Daniel Milburn, 35, after he fled HMP Kirkham near Preston in Lancashire in January. He was jailed for five and a […]

A controversial plan to turn land in Little Bowden into a private dog walking field is set to be thrown out. Planners say the six foot high mesh fencing proposed for around the two-and-a half acre site off Braybrooke Road would create an eye-sore and also question the need for such a facility. Over 70 […]

Police are appealing to witnesses after bike was stolen from outside Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough yesterday. The thief cut through a lock to steal the black and blue Merida mountain bike from the bicycle shelter outside the store, off Springfield Street, sometime between 12pm and 3pm. Anyone with information or who has seen the bike […]

Market Harborough Building Society is 150 years old today! The milestone was due to marked with celebrations, but they are postponed because of the Coronavirus pandemic, as most of the 120 staff are working from home. The first formal meeting of the Society took place in the former Corn Exchange in Abbey Street in 1870, […]

The plan to turn the former B&M store in Market Harborough town centre into a 24-hour gym could be given the go-ahead next week. Planning officers are recommending councillors allow the building in the Commons Car Park to be used for leisure purposes, instead of retail. A national gym operator is set to move into […]