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A man’s been banned from entering the majority of Market Harborough, after assaulting Police officers and being a public nuisance. Leigh Marlow has been made the subject of a Criminal Behaviour Order for five years. The 35-year-old, who caused widespread anger last year when he damaged the iconic ‘Tommy’ silhouette soldier by the War Memorial […]

An arsonist who endangered dozens of lives in Husbands Bosworth has gone on the run from prison. Daniel Milburn – who was jailed for five and a half years in 2018 – went missing from HMP Kirkham – an open prison near Preston in Lancashire on Wednesday. He set fire to bins at the Brooke […]

More pensioners locally have been targeted by fraudsters posing as Police officers. It has led to a new warning for people to be on-guard, after the tricksters phoned them saying they needed to withdraw cash from their bank accounts, claiming it could be made-up of counterfeit notes, which needed checking. They were told the money […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars stole cash, watches and two laptops from a house in Dingley. They smashed glass in a patio door to get into the property on Harborough Road between 3.20pm and 6.30pm on Monday. Officers are keen to hear from anyone who saw suspicious people or vehicles in the area […]

A roundabout is to be built at an accident blackspot on the outskirts of Market Harborough. It will go up on the A6 Harborough Road at the Kettering Road junction at Clack Hill. There are regular crashes at the location, with drivers turning right out of Kettering Road having to cross the carriageway. Traffic was […]

A man arrested following the death of a man in Kibworth Harcourt has been eliminated from the Police investigation. The 33-year-old from Market Harborough was questioned and bailed pending further enquiries, but has now been released with no further action. Detectives continue to treat the death of the man in his 30s as ‘unexplained’ after […]

People are being asked if they would be willing to pay more for Policing across Harborough. The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he has little option but to consider increasing the amount he charges in Council Tax from April. A rise last year helped recruit 107 extra officers, but Willy Bach says more are […]

Thousands of fish have been moved from Foxton Locks and rehomed further down the canal. The major rescue operation has been completed ahead of the water being drained through the historic flight, so major restoration work, which is set to take nearly three months, can take place. Specialist fisheries contractors temporarily stunned around 5,000 fish […]

A Green Plaque has been unveiled at the former home of a clergyman and pioneering astronomer in South Kilworth. It has gone up at the Old Rectory as a tribute to the Revd Dr William Pearson, who became Rector of South Kilworth in 1817 and lived there from 1821 until his death in 1847. During […]

A Market Harborough charity has received a boost thanks to another town-based charity. The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity is to provide cash to cover VASL’s running costs. VASL provide a range of services including supporting older people and young carers and says the funding – the amount of which hasn’t been revealed – […]