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Conmen posing as water workers

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Two pensioners were confronted in their homes by men posing as water workers.

In the first incident, an 83-year-old man who had been asleep in an upstairs room of his house, in Grantwood Road, off Thorpe Road, Melton, woke to find a man on his landing.

The man...

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Icy conditions blamed as vehicles come off the roads

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Icy roads have been blamed for a spate of minor collisions. In Melton, police were called to 11 accidents in three hours on Tuesday. Calls...

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Schools closed today

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Latest update of schools and hit by snow and freezing weather. The following schools are closed today Leicester Abbey Primary Alderman Richard...

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Two county M&S stores to close

Shopper Mark Fry in Harborough

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Staff have been left reeling after retail giant Marks and Spencer announced plans to close two stores in the county. Nearly 60 jobs are set to be...

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Free parking promise in run-up to Christmas sales

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

A council has agreed to give shoppers free parking on selected days in the run-up to Christmas. Melton Borough Council has approved a proposal by...

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Jail for man who hit his ex-girlfriend's pal

Saturday, September 20, 2008

A man who violently attacked a friend of his former girlfriend has been jailed. Samuel Watchorn carried out the drunken attack after seeing the...



 

  


 

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