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Anglian Water say a storm tank in Market Harborough town centre was operating normally during Saturday’s flash flood. Questions were asked after serious flooding in and around the High Street led to water entering some shops and businesses. The tank – under the Commons Car Park – provides additional storage for rainwater during extreme weather […]
Flagging up some of the area’s many tourist attractions is the thinking behind new, brown, road signs which have just appeared across Harborough. They have been installed by the District Council, on the outskirts of both Market Harborough and Lutterworth. It is hoped the new tourist signage reflects more accurately what is on offer in […]
Harborough’s train operator is being taken to task by passengers disappointed at the axing of two early Sunday services in December. East Midlands Railway’s new timetable shows the first two southbound trains from Market Harborough – at 07.43am and 08.10am – will no longer run. The company says the move it part of changes to […]
A Flood Alert has been issued for rivers in the Harborough area following heavy rainfall over the past few days. Water levels have risen sharply in the River Welland through Market Harborough, the River Jordan, from Braybrooke through Little Bowden to the town and on the River Sense in the Great Glen area. The Environment […]
A house in Desborough has been damaged after a fire started when it was struck by lightning. Firefighters were called to the blaze at the property on Arden Road at 5.15pm on Saturday, during a storm. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service told HFM: “On arrival, firefighters found the loft space of a […]
One person was injured in a crash on the A6 Market Harborough bypass this morning. Emergency services were called to the stretch of the road near the McDonald’s roundabout just after 9.45am. Two cars were involved in the collision. Leicestershire Police say the occupant of one of the cars was taken to hospital and their […]
The clean-up is continuing after flooding affected some homes and businesses in and around Market Harborough over the weekend. A total of 66mm of rainfall was recorded for Market Harborough in the past 96 hours, equivalent to the usual amount for the whole month of September. There was a flash flood in the town centre […]
Householders and businesses in the Harborough District are assessing their properties for potential water damage following this afternoon’s torrential downpour which turned some of Market Harborough’s streets into rivers. Vehicles and pedestrians in the town centre were left trying to navigate through floodwater as the deluge left drains unable to cope. Sainsbury’s petrol station was […]
Harborough District Council (HDC) is defending its work on Harborough’s new Local Plan after MP Neil O’Brien called the public consultation a “sham”. Mr O’Brien cites figures “quietly released by the council” showing that only 101 members of the public responded to the consultation – equating to just 0.1 per cent of the district’s population. […]
Those taking part in Market Harborough’s two weekend Parkruns are now less likely to find their event cancelled following the donation of a dedicated defibrillator. If the onsite defibrillator at Welland Park had been used just before either a Saturday or Sunday Parkrun, organisers would previously have had to call it off on safety grounds. […]
