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Authorities have met to discuss Saturday’s flash flooding in Market Harborough town centre which resulted in water entering some shops and businesses. Officers from Leicestershire Council Council and Harborough District Council were involved in the talks, together with Anglian Water which is responsible for drainage in the town. Cllr Ozzie O’Shea, cabinet member for highways […]

An amber warning for heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office for areas including Leicestershire and Nortamptonshire. The new alert warns of further flooding and travel disruption between 6pm today and 6am tomorrow. Nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst-affected regions with “rivers continuing to rise after […]

The go-ahead has been given for Market Harborough’s former NatWest Bank to be transformed into a restaurant and cocktail bar. The building has stood empty since the branch closed over 18 months ago and will become the new home for the Everest Lounge restaurant, which is currently based near-by on St Mary’s Road. Work is […]

There is praise for Market Harborough’s In Bloom team after the town won the East Midlands In Bloom competition for the third year running. The dedicated team of volunteers won the Large Town category of the contest and were handed a gold award at a results ceremony yesterday. They work tirelessly throughout the year to […]

Market Harborough has won the East Midlands In Bloom competition for the third year running. The town’s In Bloom volunteers were crowned winners of the Large Town category of the contest and handed a gold award at the results ceremony in Melton Mowbray this afternoon. Market Harborough was up against five other towns in the […]

A cannabis factory containing over 400 plants with a street value of up to £500,000 has been found by Police in a Harborough village. The discovery was made in a disused farm building in the village of Walton near Lutterworth yesterday by officers from Harborough and Lutterworth neighbourhood policing team. No persons were in the […]

Harborough Athletics Club is celebrating winning two top awards. It has been crowned Club of the Year and won the Community Project of the Year category in the competition run by England Athletics in the East Midlands. The club has seen an increase of its membership and their coaches recently conducted a successful National Sports […]

Market Harborough’s first Veterans Information Fair will take place tomorrow. The event is being organised by Harborough District Council and will be open to all members of the Armed Forces community, with veterans, reservists and those currently serving all invited to attend, along with their families. It is aimed at sharing information on what support […]

Severn Trent Water is being criticised for not carrying out any work for most of yesterday while restrictions were in place on Springfield Street in Market Harborough. The work at the entrance to Sainsbury’s car park has led to lengthy tailbacks, with drivers unable to turn left into the car park or right out of […]

Avatar Dining in Market Harborough has been crowned the county’s Best Fine Dining Restaurant at the Leicestershire Curry Awards. The eatery on St Mary’s Road beat off competition from dozens of others to be handed the prestigious title and an awards ceremony in Leicester last night. It is the third year running the Harborough venue […]