Recently added articles from Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England):

Adventure beckons for plucky students.

Jul 03, 2008 ... PLUCKY students from the Harborough area will soon be trekking through mountains and helping with community projects in Vietnam. A total of 24 pupils from the town's Robert Smyth School will be jetting off from Heathrow at 6am on Saturday and they will arrive between 12 and 15 ...

Minibus drama after engine fire.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A MINIBUS was burnt out after it caught fire on the M1 near Lutterworth on Saturday morning. Firefighters from the ...

Sunny Hunny carnival coach.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A COACH trip to Hunstanton Carnival from Harborough on Sunday has been organised. The trip leaves from the town's Market Hall at 8.30am, returning at 5.15pm. ...

Bottle swung at man pursuing teenagers.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A TEENAGER swung a glass bottle at a man who had confronted a group of youths he suspected of vandalising a relative's car. The man saw a relative's car being kicked by a teenage girl in Western Avenue, Harborough, at about 9.30pm on Friday, June 13, and gave chase after the ...

Traveller denies GBH.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A TRAVELLER has appeared in court charged with carrying out a violent attack. Peter Bodham (40) denied causing grievous bodily harm to Anthony Davenport-Hulme in Leicester's Victoria Park on September 7 last year. Mr Davenport-Hulme was said to ...

Burglary trial date.

Jul 03, 2008 ... Owen Jess (34), of Justin Park, Harborough, appeared at Leicester Crown Court on June 25 to deny burglary with intent to steal at ...

It adds up to success for Ben.

Jul 03, 2008 ... AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD maths whizz narrowly missed out on winning [pounds sterling]5,000 for his school after getting through to the finals of a national competition. Lubenham Primary School pupil Ben Johnston won his chance in the AweSum Challenge after topping the leaderboard in an ...

Capital eco-protest.

Jul 03, 2008 ... PROTESTERS against the controversial Co-op eco-town proposal for land near Great Glen took their campaign to Westminster this week. Co-operative Estates' and English Partnerships' plan to build an eco-town of up to 15,000 homes on land between Stoughton and Great Glen was ...

Drugs teen goes free as he's 'turned a corner'.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A LUTTERWORTH teenager caught with a stash of Ecstasy tablets outside a nightclub has kept his freedom. James Orton was arrested after being spotted on CCTV snorting cocaine in a vehicle close to the Emporium nightclub in Coalville at about 8pm on January 26. Police ...

Hannah crowned Feast Queen.

Jul 03, 2008 ... THIS year's Lutterworth Feast Week Queen and Princess have been chosen. Hannah Etheridge (18), from Misterton, and Francesca Hodges (17), from Lutterworth, were selected as queen and princess respectively during the selection evening at The Fox Inn on Tuesday. The ...

Racist scrawl on town court.

Jul 03, 2008 ... RACIST graffiti has been daubed on the front of Harborough Magistrates' Court. British National Party slogans have been drawn on the brickwork while the words 'Muslims out' have been scratched into the wooden front door. The vandalism was spotted on Tuesday morning. ...

Mountain bikes stolen.

Jul 03, 2008 ... TWO remote control planes and a pair of mountain bikes were stolen from the garage of a house in Cold Ashby. A blue and black 'Coyote' M5S bike and a specialised FSR XC mountain bike were taken from the house, in Church Lane, ...

Decision on wind farm test mast deferred.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A DECISION over whether to grant permission for a 50 metre-tall weather mast on land between Lubenham and Gartree has been deferred. Energy4All has asked Harborough District Council for planning consent to put up the anemometer, which measures wind speed and direction, to test ...

Ex-hostage visits town.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A HOSTAGE held in Iraq by terrorists is giving a talk to Robert Smyth School pupils today (Thursday). Peace activist Norman Kember was kidnapped on November 26, 2005, by terrorists calling themselves the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. He was held in Baghdad ...

Bogus boss cheats O.A.P. out of [pounds sterling]3,000.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A DOORSTEP conman took an 87-year-old woman to the bank in a taxi and persuaded her to part with more than [pounds sterling]3,000 cash. The elderly woman was at her home in Harborough when she was visited by a man who said he was the new owner of a firm which had carried out a ...

PICK OF BUNCH!

Jul 03, 2008 ... OLIVER Pickering single-handedly swept Lutterworth to within sight of victory at Stoughton and Thurnby. Pickering struck a spectacular 140 not out to haul his side ever closer to the 229 for 8 mark set by the hosts (Karl Smith 4 for 61, Nathan Welham 2 for 39). Only ...

Gareth goes for gold north of the border.

Jul 03, 2008 ... LUTTERWORTH'S Gareth Keating turned in another championship-winning performance in the Scottish National Open at the weekend. The teenager, of Greenacres Drive, landed the 1500 metres freestyle gold medal in a time of 15mins 44.03secs. Keating also won three ...

Porter carries off cup.

Jul 03, 2008 ... TOMMY Porter has won the Moss Cup at Lutterworth GC after his 89-21-68 return. But he won only after a three-way tie on this mark. Michael Tebbutt (20) was second, with Allan Simmonds (6) third. Ian Littleton (82-13-69) topped division one with Andrew Edwards ...

It's a kind of magic as stars support charity promotion.

Jul 03, 2008 ... MARTIN Johnson and Muzzy Izzet were the big names helping Fleckney and Kibworth Running Club with their 'Magic Miles' race night promotion. The event consisted of a set of five age group races over the classic distance, from school Year 4 through to senior women and men. ...

Proud standards held high.

Jul 01, 2008 ... THE HARBOROUGH branch of the Royal British Legion played host for the first time in several years to the annual county standard bearers' service. A total of 22 standard bearers from Leicestershire and Rutland branches of the Royal British Legion visited St Dionysius Church in ...