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Thieves have stolen power tools and gardening equipment worth thousands of pounds after breaking into over 50 sheds at an allotment site in Kibworth Harcourt. They used bolt croppers to rip padlocks off the doors sometime between 5pm yesterday and 6.30am today and used wheelbarrows to move the equipment to the road-side, where it’s believed […]

Care homes across the Hfm Region are to benefit from a new government fund aimed at helping to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Leicestershire County Council has been given just under £6.7m from the National Infection Fund and Northamptonshire County Council just over £8m. The cash will help cover costs of implementing measures to reduce […]

The number of people across the Harborough District claiming unemployment benefits has more than doubled since the coronavirus lockdown began. Offical figures out today show 1,530 needed help last month, up from 705 in March. Across Leicester and Leicestershire the figure jumped by over 12,500 – in Northamptonshire by nearly 9,000. More on national figures […]

The go-ahead has been given for a former vehicle body shop in Market Harborough to be demolished to pave the way for new offices to be built. It means the Iliffe Car body Repair Centre on Leicester Road, which shut last year, can be bulldozed, in preparation for a further planning application being submitted to […]

A man was taken to hospital after a crash on the B6047 yesterday afternoon. Two cars, a Range Rover and Mini, were involved in the collision on Melton Road at Three Gates, near Illston on the Hill just before 4.30pm. Leicestershire Police say initial reports were that one driver was trapped and fire crews from […]

Market Harborough-based Joules has raised £50,000 for the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 Urgent Appeal, through sales of clothing with Rainbows on. The retailer is donating all profits from sales of the special ‘Rainbow Edit’ collection, which features colourful splashes of bright rainbow colours and rainbows themselves, as well as its Badminton Horse Trials range. Chief […]

A teenager has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to commit burglary after being arrested in Market Harborough. Chay Bowskill did not enter a plea at Leicester Magistrates and has been released on conditional bail, ahead of appearance at Leicester Crown Court next month. The 19 year old of Empingham Drive, Syston, was arrested on […]

A review of under-threat bus services in and around Harborough has been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. The number 33 town service in Market Harborough, the 44, linking the town with Foxton and Fleckney, and the 58, that runs between Market Harborough and Lutterworth were placed ‘at risk’ last year, when Leicestershire County […]

A woman was taken to a place of safety after Police were called to Market Harborough railway station last night. British Transport Police say officers were dispatched just before 7pm, following concerns about her welfare. A number of officers were seen on platforms and in the station grounds.

A man dubbed one of Leicestershire’s most wanted burglary suspects was arrested in Market Harborough last night, after being spotted by a Police officer on his way home from work. The 19-year was seen on Springfield Street by off-duty Pc Malc Roberts, who alerted colleagues. He was arrested on near-by Kettering Road just before 9.30pm, […]