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Leiecestershire County Council is ‘exploring potential options’ as two Market Harborough estates are set to lose bus services at peak times. Operator Arriva is proposing to cut the Southern and Farndon Fields estates from the route of its X3 service from January. The authority already subsidises the Centre Bus number 30 – which serves the […]
Thousands of people turned out to enjoy Market Harborough’s Christmas Fayre last night. The town centre was transformed into a winter wonderland with loads of festive attractions and entertainment for the whole family. Organiser Juliette Maher told Hfm it was a fantastic night:
Small grants are to be made available to community groups across Harborough so celebrations can be held for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year. The District Council is also hoping to mark Her Majesty’s 70 year reign with events during the extended bank holiday weekend in June, and is asking residents for suggestions for what […]
A Great Oxendon man has been jailed for over ten years for playing a key role in an organised crime group which imported Class A drugs worth £900,000 Stephen Hunt, 60, of Main Street, liaised with contacts in Spain and the Netherlands and rented an office under the guise of a linen company to receive […]
Market Harborough town centre will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland this evening for the Christmas Fayre. The event, which gets underway at 5pm, will include around 70 stalls, plenty of food and drink, street performers, reindeer and even falling snow! The High Street will be traffic-free, with roads in and around the town centre […]
Walking Football is increasing in popularity in Market Harborough with over 60 people now playing regularly at Harborough Town FC. The non-contact sport is open to men over 50 and women over 40 and plans are now afoot to start daytime games for the first time. The walking football section ‘Harborough Hornets’ was launched in […]
A strike by conductors and train managers at East Midlands Railway has been suspended to allow new talks. Members of the RMT union were due to take action today and tomorrow in disputes over safety, pay and conditions. The train company says the short notice means it will still run a reduced timetable over the […]
Postal deliveries in and around Market Harborough are being delayed because of staff shortages. Royal Mail say the problem is being caused by high levels of sickness absence at its delivery office on Riverside, together with ‘resourcing issues.’ The firm has apologised and is in the process of recruiting new staff in a bid to […]
People using trains from Market Harborough are being warned of two days of disruption as staff at East Midlands Railway strike. Train managers and senior conductors, who are members of the RMT Union, will walk out tomorrow and on Saturday in ongoing separate disputes over safety, pay and conditions. A reduced timetable means there will […]
A Mum from Kibworth Beauchamp has won a brand new car worth over £37,000 after visiting a Market Harborough garage for a tyre change. Sarah Megan was entered into a prize draw as part of a nationwide competition run by Kwik Fit and Pirelli tyres and her name was pulled out of the hat first. She’s […]
