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A housing developer has revealed plans to build up to 220 new homes on the edge of Fleckney. Barratt David Wilson Homes has earmarked 11 acres of land for the new estate, off Leicester Road to the north of the village. The developer has launched a public consultation before a planning application is likely to […]

Untreated sewage poured into the River Welland in Market Harborough for over 1,300 hours last year. There were 116 separate discharges into the watercourse during 2024, lasting for 1,320 hours – the equivalent of 54 days continuously. In 2023 there were 117 discharges lasting a total of 1,350 hours. Cllr Phil Knowles, leader of Harborough […]

Harborough Town Football Club has condemned the behaviour of ‘so-called supporters’ after trouble flared just before the end of their home match on Saturday. Up to eight people were involved in an altercation with fans from Halesowen Town moments before the final whistle in the Southern League Premier Central game that ended in a 1-1 […]

A pet cat is back home with his delighted family in Market Harborough after going missing for ten days following a car crash. Tiggs escaped from his carrier and fled into the open countryside near Great Glen, while en-route to the vets. Members of the Varnam family had been searching the area daily with the […]

Three people who died in a house fire in Rushton have been named. Four-year-old Mayci Fox and her mother Emma Conn, 30, both from Desborough, and Louie Thorn, 23, from Rushton, all tragically died in the major blaze on Friday night. It broke out at the former station house in Beswick Close at around 10.30pm […]

A man arrested after three people died in a house fire in Rushton has been released with no further action. The 54-year-old from Kettering had been held on suspicion of murder after a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man tragically died at the property in Beswick Close on Friday night. Police, fire […]

A man arrested after three people died in a house fire in Rushton has been released with no further action. The 54-year-old from Kettering had been held on suspicion of murder after a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man tragically died at the property in Beswick Close on Friday night. Police, fire […]

Three people have died following a house fire in the village of Rushton, near Desborough. Police, fire and ambulance services were called to reports of a large blaze at the property in Beswick Close at around 10.30pm yesterday. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, three people were later sadly confirmed to have died. […]

Police were called after a car overturned following a crash in Rothwell. It happened on Trinity Road during the early hours of today and no-one was injured. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police told HFM: “We received a report that a car was on its roof following a road traffic collision shortly before 3.30am today (Friday, […]

Market Harborough Building Society is celebrating strong financial results. It achieved a profit before tax of £3.4m last year, despite facing increased competition in their key areas of lending and savings. Savings balances also grew by £152m, which is a new record. Iain Kirkpatrick, Chief Executive of MHBS said: “A huge thanks to my colleagues […]