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Signs saying Springfield Street in Market Harborough is to close for a week were put up in error. There had been fears of traffic chaos, as they stated the closure would come into force on Sunday. Leicestershire Highways say they should have said there will be temporary traffic lights on the road on the next […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars stole alcohol and caused damage to the Sports Pavilion at the Recreation Ground in Hallaton. They used an angle grinder to remove metal security bars from a window before getting into the building late on Sunday or during the early hours of Monday. Once inside they smashed open […]

Three men have been charged over a series of illegal sheep butchery offences across Northamptonshire. Robert Iordan, 23, Florin Nutu, 35 and Voirel Manu, 38, all from Birmingham, are accused of conspiracy to steal in relation to the slaughter and illegal butchery of sheep and lambs between June 22nd and October 7th this year. Two […]

The two large trees on The Square in Market Harborough are to be cut down because they are diseased and dying. Council bosses say the Italian alders adjacent to the road are to be felled for health and safety reasons, once a nest in one of them is no longer being used by birds. A […]

A cat has been found dead inside a cage in the canal near Newton Harcourt. The RSPCA believe the black male cat may have been alive before it was dumped in the water, and believe that could have happened recently. A member of the public, who was magnet fishing in the Grand Union Canel off […]

Community projects across Harborough have been given a cash boost totalling over £640,000. The grants have been handed out by Harborough Council, using money provided by developers who have built homes locally to go towards community facilities. Those to benefit are: The Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough – given £370,000 towards a new all-weather […]

Tributes are being paid to popular Market Harborough man who died suddenly last week. Stevan Preocanin, who was 61, was discovered collapsed in Symington Way, a route he often took home, last Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been described as a ‘wonderful, happy, hard-working lovely man’ by his wife, […]

Police are still holding two men who were arrested on suspicion of being involved in illegal sheep butchery, after ten sheep were killed in a field near Welford on Sunday night. Northamptonshire Police say officers responded to a report of suspicious activity in a field and discovered an offence in progress. Shortly afterwards a vehicle […]

One of Market Harborough’s biggest employers is holding its first ever charity month – to raise cash for a host of charities. It follows the success of previous charity weeks held by Joules which last year raised 40 thousand pounds. Activities will include a team from the fashion retailer’s HQ cycling nearly 2000 kilometes on […]

Both Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Police are planning a number of enforcement and engagement activities as part of a national week of action to target Wildlife and Rural Crime beginning today. Officers will be working with other agencies on a number of operations targeting criminals operating in isolated locations. That will include patrols in areas which […]