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An investigation has been launched after part of a road in a residential street in Market Harborough subsided. Leicestershire County Council ordered the immediate closure of a section on Logan Street yesterday, so investigation work could take place. The road has since re-opened to traffic, although an area at the junction with Coventry Road remains […]
There is Spooktacular fun for the whole family at Welford Christmas Tree Farm’s Halloween event! You can take part in the family spooky hunt amongst the Christmas trees, find the spooky scenes, answer the quiz sheet and win a prize! There is also facepainting, a cafe, streetfood, a huge pumpkin patch with a large selection […]
A land owner has been told to clear dumped rubbish from an area of a Market Harborough business park. Harborough District Council has identified who is responsible for the land at Compass Point Business Park and asked them to remove the fly-tipping as soon as possible from the site off Northampton Road. Waste including a […]
The building of large new business park on the outskirts of Market Harborough has moved a step closer. Harborough District Council has issued planning consent for the development on 25 acres of farmland off the B6047 Leicester Road, which has the potential to create 1,000 jobs. Planning permission was granted earlier this year and the […]
A rehabilitated seabird which was one of Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital’s most unusual patients has been released back into the wild. Staff from the Kibworth-based charity made a 320-mile round trip to return the Manx Shearwater to its home on the coast of west Wales. Video: The moment the Manx Shearwater was released They had been […]
Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage after a two-car crash on the A6 Desborough bypass. It happened between 5.10pm and 5.20pm yesterday and involved drivers of a white Seat Leon and black VW golf, which both left the carriageway near the Arthingworth Road bridge, close to the Braybrooke Road/Desborough Road roundabout. Police say […]
A heartbroken horse owner from Market Harborough is appealing for information after two of his animals died following a hit and run. James Mason was travelling on the M25 near Enfield in north London on Saturday morning when a car clipped the back of the horse box he was towing. The impact caused it to […]
Plans have been unveiled new build new flats close to Market Harborough town centre which would involve demolishing a dentist surgery. Other buildings would also be demolished to make-way for the three-storey apartment block at the corner of Fairfield Road and Goward Street, part of which is already derelict. It would provide 12, one-bedroomed flats […]
Two areas of a Market Harborough primary school are set to remain closed until after Christmas because they contain concrete prone to collapse. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was discovered in school hall and kitchen at St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy on Coventry Road last month. The school has issued an update on the situation […]
Aldi says it is continuing to prepare construction plans for a new store in Market Harborough. The supermarket giant was given planning permission for the £5m store in March, but as yet there is no timescale as to when work will start on the site off Rockingham Road. When the plan was first announced Aldi […]
