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It is believed a fire which wrecked a unit at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground was started by a fault in an extraction system. Ten fire crews battled the blaze in the building, used to paint spray vehicles. It broke out at around 12.30pm on Saturday and left the building and vehicles inside badly damaged. Crews from Lutterworth, […]
A Ukrainian man living in Market Harborough is appealing for donations as he prepares to take much-needed aid to help people from his homeland. Oleksii, who has family members still in Ukraine, including two brothers fighting with the country’s army, will travel to deliver it to the border with Poland a week today. He is […]
A man who damaged the window of a Market Harborough shop has been jailed for two months. Thomas Gaffney has also been ordered to pay £200 compensation to Savers on the High Street, after causing the damage last Friday night. Police were alerted at 11.30pm and the 47-year-old was arrested near-by. Gaffney, of no fixed […]
A Market Harborough nursery has been bought by a firm who run 38 across the country. All About Children day nursery group has acquired Progress House on Northampton Road, following the retirement of its owners, who had run it since it opened in 1997. Sinead Johnson, Chief Operating Officer at All About Children, said: “We’re […]
Plans have been announced to re-build Lutterworth Golf Club after it was destroyed by a deliberately-started fire. They include a new clubhouse, pro shop and greenkeepers accommodation. Players have been using temporary facilities since the devastating blaze at the club off Rugby Road in May last year. A planning application for the new buildings has […]
A historic village church near Market Harborough could close unless residents help run it. St Nicholas Church is Marston Trussell has been without a church warden for two years and only two people are on the Parochial Church Council, responsible for the upkeep of the building. A village meeting has been called for next Saturday […]
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The moment a Harborough couple found out they had scooped a million pounds on the National Lottery has been released. A year on from the jackpot win, Terri and John Picton-Clark have also been reflecting on what life is like to be millionaires. The couple had no idea they had won until they went into […]
Thousands of items donated locally to help refugees fleeing Ukraine are set to arrive in Poland on Tuesday. There has been an amazing response to the Harborough and Northants Ukraine Appeal, with thousands of items for babies donated in Great Bowden and Haselbech over the past few days. The donations being sorted The donations will […]
A review into how the District Council handled the controversial plan to redevelop an elderly people’s housing complex in Market Harborough was discussed ‘behind closed doors’ last night. Councillors on the Audit and Standards Committee were shown the findings of the ‘Assets Review’ in private and confidential session, meaning the public and press were barred […]
