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A bumper crowd is expected tomorrow when Kibworth Cricket Club hosts the professional game for a second year. Leicestershire will take-on Surrey at the Fleckney Road ground in the one-day Metro Bank Cup, a competition the county side won in 2023. Over 1,000 spectators attended last year’s county game including many youngers and the club […]
There was a bumper turnout at ‘Operation Market Harborough’ over the weekend. The two-day WW2 and post-war living history event was held at the Showground, with around 5,000 people attending. The event included military vehicle displays, re-enactments, 1940s-themed live music and vintage stalls. It also supported charities and community groups, with over £1,000 raised for […]
Sainsbury’s is to open a new convenience store in Market Harborough. It will be the first shop on the Wellington Place housing estate and will be in one of three retail units being built off Harvest Road, as part of a new local centre. Sainsbury’s say the store will create a number of jobs, although […]
Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Kettering and Northampton General and Leicester’s hospitals have begun a month-long strike as they ramp up action in row over pay. It represents a significant escalation in the UNISON members’ on-going campaign, which has already seen several shorter walk-outs. The union says for years, the healthcare support workers were […]
The swimming pool at Harborough Leisure Centre has re-opened today after a two-month closure for refurbishment works. Pool-side improvements have been made, including the installation of new tiles and the plant room has also been upgraded. The work is part of wider on-going improvements at the Northampton Road venue and Lutterworth Sports Centre funded by […]
A Market Harborough Mum has gone on strike in a reality TV show to be screened this weekend. Sam Hunt walked out for a week leaving her husband and teenage daughters to fend for themselves and run the house without her. Filming took place last year after Sam was contacted by the makers of Channel […]
There will be no re-think on how £1m of community funding is allocated across Harborough. The matter was challenged by opposition Conservative councillors – who questioned why some areas will receive more money than others – and was considered by the authority’s Scrutiny Committee last night. Councillors asked officers for clarification on the workings of […]
Thousands of people are set to descend on Market Harborough Showground this weekend as the venue is transformed back to war-time. Operation Market Harborough will include military vehicle displays, re-enactments, 1940s-themed live music and vintage stalls. The WW2 and post war living history event is for the whole family and is taking place tomorrow and […]
Torrential downpours led to flash flooding in Fleckney last night. Water entered some properties as a storm hit the village, with over 40mm of rain falling in less than two hours – the equivalent of three weeks of average August rainfall. Many gardens were flooded and manhole covers were blown out of roads as drains […]
Harborough’s MP is calling for council bosses to release details of where new housing and other developments could go across the area over the next 20 years. Various sites are being considered as part of the formation of the district’s new Local Plan and Neil O’Brien told HFM residents should be told of where they […]
