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A man wanted by Police in connection with a serious assault in Market Harborough earlier this year, has been released under investigation. The 32-year-old was questioned on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, after a man was attacked on Abbey Street in February. Officers detained him at a flat on the Farndon Fields […]

A taxi driver has been attacked while picking up a fare in Lutterworth. The 38-year-old man, who works for Market Harborough-based Murphys Taxis, was punched twice in the face during the assault on Greenacres Drive. It happened at about 1am on Saturday. One of the passengers first removed the keys from the taxi before another […]

A new gym could open in Market Harborough, on the Welland Business Park. Plans have been unveiled for the facility in a vacant unit fronting Rockingham Road. Permission is needed first though ,as currently only non-food retailers can move in there. If it goes ahead the Northamptonshire-based More Leisure Community Trust would operate it.

It is hoped the future of the Harborough Mail has been secured after its owner went into administration. A newly formed company JPi Media has bought out Johnston Press. It says it will take-on all employees and continue to publish the newspaper, as well as over 200 other local titles across the country, including the […]

Tributes are being paid to Al James, one of the founder members of Showaddywaddy, who has died following a fall at his home in Market Harborough, aged 73. The musician – whose real name was Geoff Betts – passed away this afternoon, after spending three weeks in hospital. Former Showaddywaddy singer and close friend Dave […]

Over 20 specially-designed benches have been installed across the Hfm Region as part of commemorations marking 100 years since the end of WW1. To honour those lost in combat, they have been put in villages including Fleckney, Wistow, Gumley, Great Glen, Lutterworth and Gilmorton, as well as in Market Harborough’s Memorial Gardens, each with its […]

Burglars have stolen jewellery worth thousands of pounds from a house in East Farndon. They forced a back window to get into the house on Main Street sometime between 7.15am and 6.15pm on Tuesday. A large quantity of sentimental jewellery and cash was stolen. Police have released pictures of some of the items, as they […]

A Market Harborough man – jailed for a knifepoint robbery – is back in prison after breaching his parole conditions. Simon Bosworth was arrested by Police by the taxi rank on the High Street on Wednesday evening, after being spotted on CCTV. The 48 year old, formally of Shropshire Close, had been released early after […]

Heartless tricksters have stolen over £3,000 from an elderly pensioner, after preying on her in the car park of Market Harborough’s Waitrose store. A man and woman distracted the 83-year- old lady from Welford after she got into her car and was about to leave the car park, by asking for directions to the nearest […]