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An archive of Thomas Cook is to be preserved in Leicestershire. It contains thousands of records from the earliest days of package travel, right through til modern day, plus 60,000 photos and souvenirs from the firm’s 178-year history. The company’s founder lived in Market Harborough when he organised his first excursion back in 1841. The […]
Police have issued a warning about scam phone calls being made to elderly people in the Harborough District, offering a so-called ‘Community Assistance Scheme’ for residents over-50. The caller states they need to arrange to visit the homeowner any time of the day or night to discuss it. Officers are urging anyone who receives one […]
Controversial plans to charge people moving into new homes across Harborough for wheelie bins have been put on hold. Harborough Council’s cabinet has voted to defer the decision until next month, to allow for further consideration of it . If approved residents will pay up to £94 for the delivery of general waste and recycling […]
137 drivers were arrested during Leicestershire Police’s latest drink and drug drive campaign. 28 were charged after being found under the influence of cocaine or cannabis behind the wheel and 35 arrests were made at the scene of accidents. Four people were charged after being stopped in the Harborough District – in Market Harborough, Saddington, […]
Three men have denied the illegal slaughtering of up to 350 sheep and lambs in fields across Northamptonshire, including in Kelmarsh, Clipston and Welford. Robert Iordan, 23, Florin Nutu, 35 and Voirel Manu, 38, all from Birmingham, are accused of conspiracy to steal, in relation to the illegal butchery of animals between June and October […]
The case of a churchwarden who tortured and murdered a university lecturer is to be the subject of a TV documentary tonight. Ben Field, 28, who grew up in Market Harborough, was found guilty of killing 69-year-old Peter Farquhar in Buckinghamshire in 2015, in order to benefit from his will. The programme is narrated using entries […]
Burglars have stolen stock worth nearly £1,000 from Kibworth Garden Centre. They got in after cutting through locks on the gates of the centre on Fleckney Road, just after 8pm yesterday. 60 bags of coal were taken along with a number of holly bushes and clipped-box bushes. It’s thought the intruders were on the site […]
A group of residents on the Farndon Fields Estate in Market Harborough claim were misled on management fees when they bought their homes. Some are now refusing to pay the estate and service charges, which have risen dramatically in three years, as they demand action to deal with the situation. The fees are to cover […]
Police want to hear from anyone who saw eggs being thrown from a car in Market Harborough, after a motorcyclist was left blinded in one eye when one hit him. The rider, aged 31, who had his visor up at the time, was injured as he rode along Newton Lane into Wigston at around 11.15pm […]
Police say they are keeping an open mind as to whether a spate of vandal attacks on cars last weekend is linked to damage in Market Harborough. Fifteen vehicles had windows smashed while parked in villages towards Lutterworth, just a week after a number were damaged in Harborough, including on the Southern Estate. A man […]
