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Costa Coffee will open an outlet on the outskirts of Market Harborough if plans to expand a business park are approved. It is one of two drive-thru’s proposed for Airfield Business Park off the B6047 Harborough Road – no-one has yet been identified to take on the other. Leicestershire County Council is behind the £16.m […]
Traders in Market Harborough are set to meet with police over a spate of burglaries and vandal attacks at shop and business premises. The latest happened overnight at Ryman stationers in St Mary’s Place when intruders smashed through the front door, before stealing items including headphones, batteries, game cards and a charity tin. Another burglary […]
An appeal has been launched for sightings of netball equipment stolen from a car in Market Harborough. It is thought the thief may have discarded it following the theft in Heygate Street, which happened sometime between 11pm yesterday and 7am today. The boot of an Audi A3 belonging to a coach from Market Harborough Youth […]
Police say no injuries were reported after a crash in Market Harborough today. Officers were called to the two-vehicle collision on Rockingham Road, just before 12.30pm. It happened at the railway bridge and the road was partially blocked while the incident was dealt with.
A former bank in Market Harborough is to be turned into a coffee shop after sitting empty for over two years. Bewiched Coffee will open in the former Halifax building on The Square in the middle of next month, creating ten jobs. The Northamptonshire-based firm already operates 16 shops across the midlands and says it […]
Villagers have gathered to voice concerns about an energy plant being built near Great Bowden. Over 60 residents attended at public meeting called over plans to put the facility on land off Welham Lane. The Anaerobic Digestion Plant would turn straw and chicken manure into gas, which would be fed into the national grid. The […]
The Red Cow in Market Harborough is your community pub. Pop in for fine ales, live music every Saturday, big-screen live sport and a fantastic atmosphere! And don’t miss the new Acoustic Night on the first Thursday of every month! The Red Cow also now has a new function room and welcomes community groups. Find […]
There will be no trains serving Market Harborough on Saturday because of strike action by drivers. East Midlands Railway will not be running any services when members of ASLEF stage action in their on-going row over pay. The union has also instigated a week-long overtime ban from today, which could result in short-notice cancellations. This […]
A major clean-up has taken place to clear rubbish dumped at Compass Point Business Park in Market Harborough. It took the landowner over four hours to clear the mess from the site off Northampton Road, which has built-up over recent months. The rubbish included household waste and drug paraphernalia. A large soil bund has also […]
Mobile phone movements are to be used to get a better insight into shoppers’ habits in Market Harborough and Lutterworth. New state-of-the-art footfall sensors have been placed in town centres to track people who sign-up to free Wifi and agree to be part of the research. The data will help Harborough District Council get a […]
