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Thieves are targeting elderly shoppers in Market Harborough town centre to steal purses from bags. There have been two thefts in the past week – on Friday an 80-year-old woman was targeted while in a shop on The Square – it’s thought her purse containing £50 was stolen after a woman distracted her when she […]

The biggest ever flytipping sites in the Harborough District have been discovered along two hidden dead-end roads off the A6 bypass between Kibworth and Great Glen. The massive amount of household and construction waste, piled over a metre high in places and stretching along the entire length of the roads, is likely to have been […]

A Market Harborough teenager has been selected to represent his country in roller-hockey for the second year running. Vinnie Graziano will be one of the youngest members of the Team GB under-16 squad, when they compete in the European Championships in the Czech Republic this summer. The 14 year old goalkeeper, a student at Robert […]

A new clampdown on litter louts across the Harborough District has seen fines totaling over £400 handed out in the past few weeks. Three drivers have been given £150 fixed penalty notices after patrolling Council officers witnessed cigarettes and food items being thrown out of vehicles. Two of the offences were in Market Harborough – […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after three people died in a head-on crash on the A43 in Northamptonshire yesterday. A red Vauxhall Corsa was involved in collision with a white Volvo Tipper lorry travelling in the opposite direction, between Sywell and Hannington, near to the Sywell Range, at about 2pm. Following the collision all three […]

Harborough Council is to crackdown on illegal animal sales to help combat the illegal trade in puppies and kittens. From April a change in the law means animals will no longer be able to be sold by a third-party seller, like a commercial breeder or pet shop, unless they have bred the animals themselves. It […]

Lubenham has been selected to represent the East Midlands in this year’s Britain In Bloom competition. It will be in the ‘Village’ category of the prestigious contest, after winning gold in the regional competition last year, at just the second time of entering. Judges will visit in August and Margaret Richards, chair of Lubenham in […]

Police have temporarily closed down a flat in Market Harborough which is thought to have been taken over by a county lines drug dealing gang. It’s after the tenant living at the property near the town centre – deemed a vulnerable person – was forced to leave as a result, in what’s known as ‘cuckooing.’ […]

There have been big turnouts at events across Market Harborough to celebrate the ‘Big Weekend’ of comedy. Part of the Leicester Comedy Festival, performances have been staged at various venues, including the Market Hall, which has been transformed into a theatre for two days. Last night the sell-out ‘Live at the Market Hall’ featured nationally […]

A British film starring a Market Harborough actress has been nominated for a national award – alongside multi-million pound blockbusters like war epic 1917. Comedy crime thriller Lucas and Albert, featuring Cassandra French as the seductive character Lizzie, tells the story of two ageing hitmen forced into doing one final job before they can hang […]