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Fire crews have spent the night dealing with a large blaze at the waste transfer station in Rushton near Desborough. They were called at 6.15pm yesterday to the facility on Oakley Road, with the fire involving recyclable materials. The blaze, which saw large plumes of smoke visible from miles away, is now extinguished and an […]

Police have arrested two men in Fleckney as part of an investigation into an assault outside The Crown pub in the village. The men, aged 21 and 22, are being held on suspicion of causing Actual Bodily Harm, following an incident in June when a man was left with cuts and bruises.

Three men who escaped with nearly £100,000 after stealing the ATM from the Spar Shop in Market Harborough have been jailed for a total of almost 30 years. They used a stolen telehandler to rip the machine out of the wall at the side of the Coventry Road shop in the early hours of October […]

A teenager has been issued with a Community Resolution Order by Police after damage was caused to fencing outside a house. The boy, aged 16, was arrested in the town centre on Friday morning after the damage was committed in The Broadway. Police had initially thought vehicles had also been damaged, although that was not […]

Police responded to concerns about a teenage boy in Market Harborough last night. They were called to a field off Farndale View just after 11pm and then requested support from the ambulance and fire services to help treat and move the boy, aged 16. Officers say he was suffering from a case of Acute Behavioural […]

It wasn’t just students who picked up their GCSE results yesterday – a member of staff at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough did so too and passed! Lucy Aspell, 28, who is a cleaner, left school with no qualifications, and despite getting a degree since , needed a GCSE in Science to get on […]

There are fears Great Bowden will lose its Post Office if parking restrictions are introduced in the centre of the village. Double yellow lines would go down around the junction of The Green, Main Street and Dingley Road and directly outside the Weltons shop – that houses the Post Office – if the move goes […]

Firefighters came to the rescue after a dog got trapped behind metal grates in Desborough last night. They were called to land off Pipewell Road at 7.45pm and used cutting equipment to release the Jack Russell, named Bert, who had been stuck for over an hour. Despite the ordeal, he wasn’t injured.

Controlled drinking zones are set to continue in both Market Harborough and Lutterworth. The legislation means people drinking in an anti-social manner can be arrested if they fail to surrender alcohol to Police. Harborough Council is recommending a three year extension to the zones following a public consultation. The council’s Cabinet will be asked to […]

Eight stolen caravans seized after police raided an illegal travellers’ camp near Great Oxendon have been returned to their rightful owners across the UK. They were removed from land off the A508 Harborough Road last month, after more than 30 officers moved onto the site. The caravans had been stolen from places including Borehamwood in […]