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A man has been jailed for six years and nine months after being found with a loaded double-barreled shotgun and class A drugs near Rothwell. Daniel Mills was arrested by Police at the service station on the westbound A14 early on August 22nd after officers stopped a car. The 37-year-old from Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire has […]

Tributes are being paid to a popular Market Harborough man who died suddenly last week, aged 53. Robin Garfield worked as a retained firefighter in Market Harborough for 28 years until 2012, was heavily involved in Harborough Theatre, both on and off the stage, and played for the town’s Rugby Club from a teenager til […]

Thieves are continuing to target vans in and around Market Harborough. The back window of a VW Caddy was targeted in Wartnaby Street, Market Harborough, early on Sunday, and a van parked on Morley Street was also damaged, as thieves smashed a lock, although no items were taken from either. Police are appealing for witnesses and […]

Harborough Council insists the plan for new Leisure Centre for Market Harborough remains on the table, despite announcing it’s to appoint a firm to continue managing the current facility for at least the next three years. It had been hoped the contract from next year would have been awarded to a company who would design, […]

The next possible steps towards a massive shake up of Leicestershire’s councils have been set out. Two options have been outlined – one would be to abolish the county council and the seven districts and replace it with one authority – the other would see two councils set-up. The County Council claim the single unitary […]

A Market Harborough man’s been charged with assault after disorder in the town centre early yesterday. The 37-year-old is accused of assaulting another man on the High Street at around 1.25am and will appear in Court later this month. Meanwhile, a 20 year old man from Fleckney has been released under investigation after being held […]

A man has today admitted endangering the lives of a family, as well as residents and staff at a care home in Husbands Bosworth. Daniel Milburn started three fires within the space of two hours late on August 29th and early on August 30th. The most serious blaze was in Mowsley Court, where the 33-year-old […]

A 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs in Market Harborough has been released under investigation. He was questioned after police recovered a gun, machete and air pistol during a drugs raid at a house on Welland Park Road on Friday, as well as a quantity of […]

School children in Market Harborough have been put on alert after an 11-year-old boy was asked if he wanted a lift by a woman in a car. It happened as the youngster was walking home from Robert Smyth Academy at around 4.20pm on Friday. The black car pulled up alongside him at the bottom on […]