A47

Watch: Drug driving lorry driver smashes into car after losing control

A burglar was caught driving a stolen car - more than FOUR TIMES over the legal drink limit.

Watch moment drink-driver captured by police four times over the limit

Residents living in a small village in the Harborough district are fighting a plan which could see houses built next to the local primary school. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Residents object to plan for 56 homes near primary school

Police are appealing for information

Man remains in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a lorry

Tristian Connell

Tribute paid to ‘dedicated’ dad who died in A47 crash

The driver of a breakdown recovery vehicle has died during a collision on the edge of the Harborough district.

Breakdown recovery driver dies in collision on the edge of Harborough district

Police said a crash has led to the closure of seven-mile stretch of the road from the B6047 turn for Melton, near Billesdon, all the way to Uppingham town centre, in Rutland.

Part of the A47 closed in the north of the Harborough district due to crash

The A47 is currently closed in both directions near to the junction with Winkadale Close in Bushby, due to a crash

Traffic update: A47 closed in the north of the Harborough district

Police have named the man and woman who died in fatal crash on the A47, just north of the Harborough district

Police release names of man and woman who died in fatal crash

A section of the A47 in the north of the Harborough district has been closed tonight (Monday) due to a crash.

Road reopens after five-car crash in the north of the Harborough district

A man has died following a crash involving a car and a lorry in the north of the Harborough district.

Man dies following crash in the north of the Harborough district

The road will remain closed for some time

Philip Hibble

The scene of the crash.

Driver and passengers fled scene after crashing into a ditch near a Harborough d...

Don Hoare (left) is known by all and sundry in his native Billesdon as Arkwright after the curmudgeonly grocer brilliantly played by Barker in the smash-hit BBC sitcom Open All Hours in the 1970s and 80s.

Harborough district's very own Arkwright finally gets his 'Ronnie Barker' coat a...

Eco-crime officers are out staging more patrols across Harborough today (Wednesday) as they step up efforts to keep the district clean.

Eco-crime officers step up patrols across Harborough today (Wednesday)

Harborough council said that the summertime initiative is having a “positive impact, with significantly less rubbish being dumped by the roadside”.

Crack down on roadside rubbish across Harborough is proving a big success, say c...

Workers are out and about in Harborough today (Wednesday) stepping up the district council’s crackdown on layby litter.

Workers are out and about in Harborough today (Wednesday) stepping up the distri...

The fire started at the home in Station Road on the A47 in Thurnby, on the northern edge of the district, just before 4pm.

All three emergency services called to house fire in the northern part of the Ha...

The A47 in the north of the Harborough district is currently closed both ways due to a serious accident.

Two people injured after a two-vehicle crash in the north of the Harborough dist...

Firefighters raced to tackle the blaze after it started as the vehicle approached Tugby on the A47 as it headed east towards Uppingham.

Lorry driver escapes unhurt after vehicle bursts into flames on a busy Harboroug...

Leicestershire and Rutland 4×4 Response team were called out after the truck got bogged down on the snowbound A47 on the northern edge of the district.

Watch the moment 4x4 volunteers rescued a lorry stuck in deep snow in the Harbor...

A womanin her 40s has died after a crash in the Harborough district.

Woman in her 40s dies after crash in the Harborough district

Police working non-stop to free drivers trapped on icy roads as the heaviest sno...

The offender was spotted piling up household waste on the A47 in Tugby, in the north of Harborough district.

Police helicopter catches fly-tipper dumping rubbish in the Harborough district

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after he collided with a tractor on the northern edge of the Harborough district.

Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after colliding with a tractor on the norther...

A farm in the Harborough district was seriously damaged after a devastating lightning strike is believed to have set an oil tank alight.

Lightning strike is believed to have set an oil tank alight at a farm in the Har...

Two of the county's most dangerous roads pass through Harborough district

Two of Leicestershire's most dangerous roads pass through Harborough district

Man dies after crash in Harborough district

Housing

Harborough district villages feel new homes stress too

It's not just towns in the Harborough district that are feeling the pressure of all the new homes plans - villages are affected too.

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