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If you don’t want trick or treaters bothering you later this month, you can get a FREE ‘No Thanks’ poster to display on your door…   They’ve been produced by police and community safety officers at Harborough Council in the run up to Hallowe’en. They’re now available to pick up from the front desk of […]

A Kibworth man, whose cherished bike was stolen, has it back – thanks to his OWN detective work!   Kyle Needham was left devastated when his cycle was taken from outside his house earlier this month, just hours before he was due to ride it in a competition. So he posted pictures of the purpose-built […]

Around 80 horses that were fly-grazing without permission on the Market Harborough Showground have been moved by their owner. The Leicestershire Agricultural Society – who run the site – say just five of the animals – remain and they are due to be moved soon.     Concerns had been raised next year’s County Show […]

Call handlers have been given extra training following a tragic accident that claimed the life of a Market Harborough woman, who was struck by a police van – the driver of which was searching for her. An inquest jury has concluded Helen Loveday’s death in Norfolk last year was an accident. The hearing heard officers […]

As Market Harborough prepares for more traffic congestion this weekend, Highway bosses have pledged to make diversion signs clearer. There was confusion for drivers last Saturday and Sunday as two sets of signs were placed at junctions.     Leicestershire County Council say symbols will be placed on those connected with the Leicester Road closure […]

A homeowner’s confronted a thief breaking into a builder’s van in broad daylight on the Farndon Fields Estate in Market Harborough. It happened at about 1.30pm yesterday on Angell Drive, when Jenny Taylor ran out of her house after noticing a man drilling into the lock. She told Hfm she didn’t think about her own […]

Harborough’s MP will meet staff and members of the Prison Officers Association during a visit to HMP Gartree today. Neil O’Brien has been invited to tour the jail by the Independent Monitoring Board, made up of a team of volunteers who regularly visit. It published a concerning report earlier this year, blaming a rise in […]

Fire crews have issued a new warning after their appliance was unable to get down Logan Street in Market Harborough for the second time in three weeks, due to parked cars on both sides of the road. Luckily – like last time – they weren’t on an emergency call – as the vehicle had to […]

Market Harborough teenage sports star Andrew Stamp will continue celebrating his Silver Medal at the Youth Olympic Games this evening. It’s the closing ceremony of the event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during which the 16-year-old came second in the Trampolining, picking up one of Team GB’s eight medals. It’s the highest ever achievement for Andrew, […]