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Another Syrian Refugee Family is to be housed in the Harborough District. The Council’s agreed the move after the successful re-settlement of a family from the war-torn country in Market Harborough last year. All areas of the country have to take-in refugees as part of a government-funded scheme. Bosses have also agreed to back an […]
A shoplifter who persistently targeted supermarkets in Market Harborough has been jailed for 30 weeks. Lesley Fuggle stole alcohol from Waitrose on Springfield Street three days running earlier this month, meat from the Co-Op in the Commons Car Park, and alcohol from Sainsbury’s. She has admitted the thefts at Leicester Magistrates Court, which heard the […]
Tradesmen and women in Market Harborough have told Hfm they are ‘under siege’ from thieves stealing tools from their vans. A spate of tool thefts from vans has continued this week in Market Harborough and surrounding villages – in the past two weeks 20 have been targeted, with power tools and other equipment worth thousands […]
The Leicestershire County Show in Market Harborough could have to be cancelled next year because around 80 horses are illegally fly-grazing on the site. The animals were placed on land at the Showground, off Leicester Road/Gallowfield Road, a few weeks ago without permission. The Leicestershire Agricultural Society says it will have no other option than […]
A snapshot of what life was like in Market Harborough nearly a hundred years ago has been uncovered at Harbrough Market! The directory and almanac from 1921 includes a list of all shops and businesses, names and addresses of residents an a phone directory. Jon Pollard, who is the Market Officer for Harborough Council, – bought […]
Police say a convicted child sex offender who was living near Havelock Junior School in Desborough has left the town. Concerns were raised by parents after a campaign group posted a picture of the 53-year-old on social media. He was jailed for three years in 2016 for sexually assaulting two girls and banned from working […]
A man will go on trial accused of endangering the lives of those on board the Police Helicopter based at Husbands Bosworth, by shining a laser pen at it. Voyslav Dimitrov denied the offence when he appeared before Northampton Magistrates yesterday afternoon. The 28-year old from Wellingborough was arrested in September after a green laser […]
Council bosses have rejected a proposal to increase taxi fares across Harborough. The trade had asked for a rise in-line with inflation each year, to help off-set increasing fuel and licensing costs. If an increase had come into force now, it would have made taxi fares among the most expensive in the country. Harborough Council […]
Armed Police surrounded a house in Rothwell last night in the search for a Wanted man from London. Officers attended Scott Avenue at around 7pm, with neighbours told to leave their homes. Police say the man was not located, although a 53-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody. Northamptonshire […]
A new £7.5m Business Centre – which could create over 200 jobs in five years – will be built in Market Harborough, after funding was secured. £3.3m will come from the European Regional Development Fund and £1m from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership, known as the LLEP. Harborough Council will provide the rest of […]
