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Members of the Armed Forces past and present across Harborough are to get help and support from a new, dedicated council officer. Michelle Woolman-Lane will work with reservists, veterans and service families and bereaved families to ensure they can access services like healthcare and education, as well as employment,training and housing. The ‘Armed Forces Officer’ […]

Police want to hear from people that may have fallen victim to a fraudster who has been targeting the elderly in Market Harborough. In recent weeks a woman has been providing chiropodist services and is alleged to have been stealing money from customers – either taking it from their homes or under the pretense of […]

A woman has been killed after she was struck by a van on the M1 near Lutterworth early this morning. Police were called to close to junction 20 at around 3am, following reports of someone in the northbound carriageway. Leicestershire Police says it has made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct […]

Market Harborough talented teenage gymnast Andrew Stamp has embarked on a trip on a lifetime. The 16-year-old will represent his country at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, after being selected as Team GB’s only male trampolinist and one of just 42 young athletes in the squad. Andrew will compete against the world’s best 14 […]

A teenage fraudster who targeted Co-Ops across Leicestershire was caught red handed thanks to quick-thinking staff at the store in Great Glen and a fast response by Police. Workers recognised Anton Nilvos as the same person who’d been in the week before and used a cloned credit card to buy items. They told him to […]

Ram-raiders have stolen tools and caused damage totaling over £50,000 after smashing their way into the Plantool Hire shop in Lutterworth early this morning. They struck at about 5.20am, using a Mitsubishi shogun 4×4, stolen from Leicester last night, to smash a large front window of the Leicester Road premises to get in. It collided […]

A Fleckney man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for suppling class A drugs. Liam Martin was part of a gang who shipped large amounts of high purity cocaine into Leicestershire, valued at one and half million pounds. Detectives tracked their movements through Automatic Number Plate Recognition and analysis of phone data after their arrests. […]

A driver was taken to hospital after a crash early this morning just outside Market Harborough. Emergency services were called to the A6/A427/Rockingham Road roundabout just after 6.30am, after a collision between a Camper van and car. East Midlands Ambulance Service say the injuries suffered aren’t believed to be serious.

A teenager’s been charged with drugs offences after being arrested in Market Harborough yesterday. Anfernee Duke is accused of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, after Police were called to the Travelodge on Abbey Street. The 18-year-old, of Corporation Road, Gillingham, Kent, is due to appear before Magistrates this afternoon.

Police have recovered a lock-knife with a 10cm blade after searching a woman in Market Harborough. Officers first stopped a vehicle that was seen driving erratically. The woman was arrested on suspicion of possessing a bladed article in a public place and for driving over the prescribed limit. Meanwhile, Leicestershire Police have made 18 arrests […]