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The Fire Service was called to assist ambulance crews after a person suffered a fall at an address in Kibworth Beauchamp earlier. Firefighters helped get the person out of the property on the High Street, before they were taken to hospital. A spokesperson for East Midlands Ambulance Service told Hfm: “We received a call at […]

There is a renewed warning about the dangers of having bonfires in gardens, after a shed caught alight in Desborough yesterday. Firefighters were called to deal with the blaze in Regent Street at 1.30pm, which gutted the building and badly damaged what was inside. It is the fourth garden fire locally in the past fortnight, […]

People are continuing to be tested for Coronavirus in Lutterworth on the final day of a mobile testing facility. It opened in the car park of Lutterworth Sports Centre on Saturday and is being run by the Army. Anyone aged over five with symptoms of Covid-19 is eligible for a drive-through test, although essential workers […]

More children have returned to school in and around Market Harborough today. Reception classes have restarted at ten schools which are part of the Learn Academies Trust, with new systems and procedures for hygiene and social distancing in place. Youngsters in Year One and Year Six are set to go back in phases over the […]

A driver had a lucky escape after their car overturned at an accident blackspot on the outskirts of Market Harborough. The Fiat 500 crashed at the Kettering Road/A6 junction at Clack Hill just before 11am. Leicestershire Police say no-one was seriously injured. Kettering Road was closed for two hours while emergency services worked at the […]

Further events planned in Market Harborough have been cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Food and Drink Festival, due to take place in Welland Park on the first weekend in August, is off, plus events scheduled to take place on The Square up til the end of August. However, Harborough Council is looking to […]

A Market Harborough drug dealer has had over £1.8m of his ill-gotten gains seized from him. Paul Johnson, 32, who was jailed for eight years in February, appeared back at Leicester Crown Court for a Proceeds Of Crime Hearing. Operating under the guise of a tea trader, he distributed Class A drugs from his home […]

A Harborough Council planning meeting is to be re-run after a technical fault prevented the public and press from watching it. It means decisions taken on Tuesday evening, including the go-ahead for 33 new homes on the Bowden Fencing site in Great Bowden, have been voided and will have to be reconsidered. The ‘virtual’ meeting […]

A ‘local outbreak plan’ is being prepared to deal with any sporadic surges in Coronavirus cases in the Harborough District. It will outline measures that will be taken if there is a rise, particularly in relation to care homes, schools, and other locations of high risk such as refuges and shelters. Public health officers are […]