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Market Harborough’s Jubilee Foodbank has received a big boost as it continues to help people during the Coronavirus pandemic. The town’s B&M store has donated over £500 worth of food and toiletry items to the voluntary service, as well as over £950 in cash. It’s after the national discount retailer made money available to all […]

A man and woman have appeared in Court accused of possessing imitation guns after an assault in Market Harborough. Police were called to a property on Farndon Road last Tuesday evening after a man sustained cuts and bruises. Jonathan Hickinbottom, 26, of Marmion Close, Market Harborough and Emily Brightwell, 29, of Welland Park Road, Market […]

A man has been jailed for causing the death of a motorcyclist at one of Harborough’s most notorious accident blackspots. Admir Isufaj failed to give-way at the Wistow crossroads and his Mini collided with a bike being ridden by 55-year-old Steven Duval from Leicester, who died from his injuries in hospital. Isufaj, 26, of no […]

A missing person has been found hiding in a shed in a remote wood near Welham, thanks to a Police dog. A search was mounted by Harborough Police yesterday afternoon, after concerns were raised for them, and the dog called into help when officers spotted their car parked up in the area. The animal was […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash at the Wistow Crossroads this morning. The male rider’s Yamaha motorbike was involved in collision with a Audi Q3 car on Kibworth Road at around 7.10am and was taken to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. The motorcycle was travelling from […]

Over 1,000 small businesses across Harborough have now been given cash from the government’s Small Business Grant Fund, to assist them during the Coronavirus outbreak. Harborough Council, which is administering payments, has distributed £13,500 in the past fortnight. It hopes the remaining payments, to just under 500 businesses, will be made in the coming days, […]

A huge development of nearly 3,000 homes near Lutterworth could be given the go-ahead next week, despite a large number of objections. The development on 556 acres of farmland adjacent to the M1, owned by Leicestershire County Council, is being recommended for approval. Over 150 people have written to planning officers raising concerns about the […]

Police are appealing for information after a pensioner’s mountain bike was stolen from outside Lidl in Kettering Road, Market Harborough. The silver Trek bike, which has black mud guards on the front and back, was taken sometime between 8.40am and 9.15am on Tuesday, after the thief removed a lock that was securing it to a […]

Harborough’s bin collection crews and environment teams are being praised today as they continue to work during the Coronavirus pandemic. Harborough Council is one of just a few across the country continue providing all the services, including grass-cutting, thanks to the safe operational methods of contractors FCC Environment. Jonathan Bateman is the Cabinet Lead Member […]

Market Harborough is to send a birthday gift package to Captain Tom Moore – the war veteran who has now raised over £13m for the NHS. He turns 100 at the end of the month, and staff at the Post Office in St Mary’s Place wanted to do something to show how much people here […]