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Volunteers from Market Harborough Sea Cadets led over 25 cadets down the Grand Union Canal as part of yesterday’s nationwide ‘The Big Help Out’ to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. The flotilla of stand up paddle boards, kayaks and even a ‘mega’ stand up paddle board travelled the six miles from Harborough’s Union […]
Thousands of people attended events across the HFM region over the weekend to mark the King’s Coronation. There was bumper turnout in Market Harborough’s Welland Park on Sunday for the Coronation Party In The Park. The free event included live music, a fun dog show, children’s entertainment, stalls and HFM’s Chris Jones presented his Sunday […]
A fire at a house in Fleckney started in an electric meter box. Three fire crews were called to deal with the blaze at the property on Kilby Road at 11.30am on Saturday. The occupants got out of the house prior to firefighters getting to the scene and were not injured. The fire left the […]
The anniversary of VE Day was marked in Market Harborough yesterday with a ceremony on The Square. Members of the Royal British Legion and Royal Naval Association gathered to observe a two minute’s silence and lay wreaths on the war memorial, to commemorate the end of World War Two on May 8th 1945.
Talks are underway which could see a coalition formed to seize control of Harborough District Council. No political party is in overall control following last week’s election, which saw the Conservatives lose their majority. Now, the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Green party are discussing coming together to form a power-sharing ‘traffic-light coalition’ so they could […]
The Conservatives have lost control of Harborough District Council following yesterday’s election. Although the party secured the largest number of seats with 15, it was not enough to meet the threshold for overall control, with the Liberal Democrats winning 13, Labour 3 and the Green Party securing 3 seats. It means no party is now […]
Votes are being counted following local elections across Harborough yesterday. The count is taking place at Harborough Leisure Centre. The turnout for the District Council election was 34.9%, slightly down on when people last went to the polls in 2019, when it was 36.4%. 125 candidates are contesting seats in 19 wards across the district, […]
An outstanding volunteer from Market Harborough has been named one of the nation’s Coronation Champions. Kimberley Durham is among just 500 winners selected from 5,000 nominations across the UK to be recognised by the King and Queen consort, as part of their official Coronation celebrations. The Coronation Champion Awards celebrate extraordinary volunteers across the country […]
An extension of Market Harborough cemetery into the grounds of the town’s Leisure Centre has been completed. It has created an additional 76 burial plots at the Northampton Road site, which was approaching capacity, while a search continues for a suitable site for a new cemetery in the town. The work by the District Council […]
The group representing GP’s across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland says one in four people are without access to safe medical care. The Local Medical Committee says 56 doctors per 100,000 population are needed for a safe and efficient service to be provided to patients and number currently stands at 41, with an additional 175 GPs […]
