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A man and two teenage boys have been questioned by Police after a spate of burglaries in Lutterworth on Wednesday. The 26 year old and youths, aged 15 and 16, were arrested following information passed by members of the public after a house in Greenacres Drive was targeted. Officers are also investigating burglaries in Swiftway […]

Police are to put up posters in Market Harborough as they step up their efforts to identify a man who died in a fire at the Justin Park travellers’ site last year. Officers released a picture of the man last month in the hope somebody would recognise him, but as yet no-one has come forward with […]

Construction work on a new headquarters for Market Harborough-based retail giant Joules has entered its second phase. Demolition work has started on the Compass House, the former base of Travelsphere, off Rockingham Road, which is being partially flattened as part of the multi-million pound development. When complete in roughly a year’s time, the complex will […]

Fire crews were called to assist the Ambulance service dealing with an emergency at a house in Market Harborough today. East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to a property on Fairway just before midday after a person had suffered a fall. Fire crews from Market Harborough and the Southern fire stations were deployed to assist […]

It has been confirmed a company set-up by Harborough Council paid £3.8m to buy land and building in Market Harborough Town Centre. Harborough District Commercial Services Ltd bought the premises home to Tesco and B&M in March, together with flats above them. There are no firm proposals for the site, but bosses are set to […]

A driver was caught speeding at nearly 100mph on the A6 between Kibworth and Great Glen yesterday afternoon. Police carried out a speed enforcement operation following concerns about how fast some cars are travelling on the bypass. One driver was clocked going at 96mph – another at 91 and a number over 85mph. Speeding tickets […]

The Harborough District’s new Local Plan was adopted at a Council meeting last night. It details where new homes, business units and amenities will go between now and 2031. Land for just under 4,000 new homes are identified in it, in addition to those which have already received planning permission, including 1,078 in Market Harborough, […]

A man was arrested in Market Harborough yesterday as part of a Police operation targeting County Lines drug dealing. The 41-year-old from Kettering was held after officers stopped a car on St Mary’s Road and he tested positive for cocaine, when a road-side drugs test was carried out. He’s been released under investigation.  

A new solar farm has opened in Husbands Bosworth. Over 500 solar panels have been installed in fields off Sibbertoft Road, in a project by Harborough Energy and a company based there, NBJ Joinery. The not-for-profit co-operative teamed up with the firm for the project, which will help reduce their reliance of using electricity from […]

A government planning inspector has ruled houses can’t be built on a park area used by villagers in Church Langton. Although Harborough Council threw out the proposal last year, owners of the land The Diocese of Leicester, challenged the decision. The Inspector’s agreed putting up five homes on land at the back of the Hanbury […]