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Leicester Castle Business School is offering a fully-funded practical training course at Harborough Innovation Centre. Help to Grow: Management is designed to develop leadership and business skills and drive growth in your business. By attending this 12-week course, you’ll benefit from: Practical learning delivered by experienced experts Funding from the government and Leicester Castle Business […]
A man has been injured in a crash involving a cyclist and car driver near a Harborough village. Emergency services were called to Peatling Road near Willoughby Waterleys just before 12.30pm today. Leicestershire Police say the cyclist has been taken to hospital and officers remain on the scene. The road is closed between the Mere […]
There are just two days left to comment on plans to change services provided at Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth. The NHS wants to close in-patient beds to instead offer more outpatient and diagnostic services, which it says will save patients having to travel elsewhere to access them. Bosses say it will increase the number […]
A former Harborough sub-postmaster was accused of stealing nearly £2,000 after the Horizon computer system reported a shortfall despite her Post Office being closed for a year. The small branch in North Kilworth shut at the start of the pandemic in 2020, because it could not be adapted for social distancing. Julie Beisner checked her […]
Police are investigating after members of the Northants Hunt Saboteurs group were assaulted while monitoring hunt activities near Oakham. The women were dragged to the ground by a group of men in a field on Saturday afternoon. Those involved have provided witness statements to officers and say the men were acting a stewards for the […]
There is less than two weeks left for you to have your say on the controversial plan to shut Market Harborough tip. Over 3.500 people have already taken part in a public consultation into the proposed closure, along with two others in Leicestershire. The County Council has proposed the closures and to reduce opening hours […]
A disqualified driver has been jailed for five years and two months after his actions killed his partner in a crash near Market Harborough. Steven Gaskell was driving with Courtney Donnelly on the A427 when he lost control in Brampton Ash on the evening of September the 17th last year. The Mini Cooper car, which […]
Harborough District Council has announced plans to increase its share of your council tax bill. The authority’s budget proposals have been revealed which also include no plans to increase car parking charges or raise the cost of its garden waste bin collection service. Increasing council’s element of council tax bills by 2.99% equates to an […]
Traffic access has been restricted to Market Harborough’s main car park. Drivers heading along Springfield Street from the direction of Northampton Road are unable to turn left into the Sainsbury’s car park. Instead they have to continue past the entrance, go round the roundabout at the Kettering Road junction and travel back down Springfield Street […]
Over £2,400 has been donated to help victims of last week’s serious flooding in Fleckney. There has been a great response to the on-line appeal, which was launched after water entered some homes, businesses and the village hall during Storm Henk, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Those affected will be able to apply […]