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The plan for an 18-bed House In Multiple Occupation (HMO) in Market Harborough is being recommended for the go-ahead. Developers want to create it on Coventry Road by partly demolishing and extending a two-storey building, previously used as accommodation for Brooke House College students. 14 objections to the plan have been received by the council, […]

A new pharmacy has opened at Market Harborough Medical Centre as part of an expansion of the surgery site. It has created new jobs and includes consultation rooms for health services that can be offered there. Leicester Tigers and England rugby star Ben Youngs was the special guest at the opening ceremony. Shyam Jobanputra – […]

Efforts to tackle an increase in shoplifting in Market Harborough are continuing. Police have charged a number of people with theft offences who are now going through the court system and last week a man was jailed for stealing goods worth over £6,000 from Sainsbury’s. There were over 230 thefts from shops in Market Harborough […]

Users of a bus between Market Harborough and Fleckney are being reassured there will still be a service when the current one ends. Passengers have been left concerned after it emerged Centrebus will stop operating the number 44 service on March 16th. The route, which also serves Foxton, Kibworth and The Langtons, is subsidised by […]

A Desborough man accused of murder has appeared before Northampton Crown Court. Keiton Underwood spoke only to confirm his name during the brief hearing this morning and appeared via video link from HMP Peterborough. The 20-year-old was charged with murder after Ryan Burton from Corby died six days after being assaulted in a part in Kettering […]

An inquest has heard a man shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself at a farm in Saddington. Rachel Harrison, 54, was discovered by a family member and a friend in a stable at Sunnydale Farm on the morning of December 15th 2023, having been shot twice in the head and once […]

The announcement a Banking Hub is set to open in Market Harborough later this month is being welcomed. The facility will operate from the District Council’s Symington Building on a temporary basis, while a search for a permanent home for it continues. It will allow customers of different banks to receive in-person service, following the […]

Emergency repairs have taken place on the A6 Desborough bypass after several drivers suffered blow-outs because of deep potholes. At least eight motorists were left with burst tyres after hitting the holes on the stretch of road near the Braybrooke Road roundabout earlier this week. One driver described the road surface as ‘resembling the moon’ […]

Work has begun to make improvements to Market Harborough’s biggest car park. Shoppers have long been complaining about the poor condition of car park outside Sainsbury’s, with potholes scattered across the site, drainage covers damaged and streetlights not working. Harborough District Council, which manages the car park, had also been pushing for the supermarket to […]

Work to build a new ‘super-prison’ near Market Harborough is progressing at pace. An aerial photograph shows the extent of the groundworks on the site adjacent to HMP Gartree and how big the multi-million pound jail will be. The Ministry of Justice began work last summer and the main construction of the prison will start […]