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Police are offering reassurance that Market Harborough town centre is a safe place to visit after a man was stabbed on the High Street on Friday night. Officers say they are treating the incident as isolated, and the victim and suspect knew each other. The adult male victim, whose age has not been revealed by […]

A man was stabbed in Market Harborough town centre last night. He was attacked outside Flames takeaway on the High Street just before 7pm and suffered a serious wound to his chest. The victim, whose age has not been revealed, but who was an adult, remains in hospital with injuries that Police say are not […]

Over 1,000 students and staff at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough took part in a Remembrance service today, to honour those who gave their lives in wars both past and present. It included 60 pupils and some members of staff, who are Scouts, Guides, Army Cadets, Air Cadets and Sea Cadets, who took part […]

A World War One veteran, whose ashes went unclaimed for 60 years, has finally been granted a final resting place alongside his family in Market Harborough. Percy Arthur, who was born in Market Harborough, joined the Royal Navy 1910 and served for eight years before settling in the United States. He died in 1956, aged […]

There are renewed calls for a car park in Market Harborough to be shut after it flooded yesterday for the third time in four weeks, again leaving vehicles underwater. Harborough Council Leader Phil King has told Hfm the authority is powerless to force owners of the privately-run car-park, adjacent to the river off Rockingham Road, […]

Three men who raided ATMs across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and further afield have been ordered to pay-back over £700,000. Confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act have been granted by Leicester Crown Court after they were jailed for more than 30 years in 2018. The men, including Charlie Smith, formally of Mere Lane, Bitteswell, used […]

A cargo of sex toys worth £1m was stolen from a lorry parked overnight in a layby. The consignment was taken after the trailer was broken into on the A43, just off junction 8 of the A14 near Kettering. It happened during the early hours of September 18th, although details have just been revealed. A […]

Police say an investigation into an allegation of serious fraud at Kibworth Medical Centre is ‘on-going.’ Officers were made aware of financial irregularities at the practice in Smeeton Road, part of the South Leicestershire Medical Group, in May. The specific details of the alleged offence have not been revealed, nor the sum of cash said […]

Harborough Council is set to become one of the first authorities in the country to back a campaign aimed at reducing the impact fireworks have on pets and livestock. In response to concerns from the RSPCA and residents, a motion by Leader Phil King will put to the Full Council later this month. It includes […]