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One of Market Harborough’s biggest employers has adopted a fully flexible approach when it comes to where staff work. Joules is allowing its 500 employees to choose whether to work from home or go into the office, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The clothing retail giant says it expects to only have around […]

Events are returning to Market Harborough to support town centre businesses as they continue to bounce back from the impact of the pandemic. They kick-off tomorrow with a Birds of Prey display and continue on Sunday with the first of three food fairs on The Square. Other events between now and the end of September […]

Work to build a new toilet block at Market Harborough railway station will finally start this autumn. Passengers have been calling for the upgrade, after having to use temporary facilities for over two years. A new waiting room will also be built as part of the work on the northbound platform, which is set to […]

Work is underway to make free security improvements to over 450 homes in Lutterworth. The move to help protect them against burglars includes installing high security locks on doors and windows. Leicestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews secured £432,000 from the government’s Safer Streets Fund to pay for the work in parts of Leicestershire […]

A charity says finding a dog in Market Harborough six months after he was stolen has given hope to others with missing pets. Beauty’s Legacy, which helps find lost and stolen animals, passed on information to Police after a major campaign was launched to find the dachshund, named Rummy, who was stolen from a kennels […]

A cross-border campaign has been launched in a bid to stop arson attacks at farms during this harvest season. Hay and straw stacks were set alight during a spate of incidents last September, including in Weston By Welland, Little Oxendon, Cranoe and West Langton. Police and Fire and Rescue services in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire have […]

A dog stolen six months ago has been found in Market Harborough after Police raided a house. Officers discovered the dachshund, named Rummy, when they executed a warrant at a house yesterday. The five-year-old dog was one of eight dachshunds taken from a kennels in Swadlincote in Derbyshire in February. Rummy has now been reunited […]

The family of a young RAF officer from Broughton Astley who was killed in a crash in Willoughby Waterleys have paid tribute to him, after a driver was jailed for causing his death. Thomas Gamble, who was 18, was a passenger in a Ford Fiesta that overturned and crashed into a ditch in December last […]

Preparations are being made for two vulnerable families from Afghanistan to be housed in the Harborough District. The District Council had already been working on securing suitable properties for them, prior to today’s announcement Britain will re-settle 20,000 Afgans in the coming years, following the Taliban taking control of the country. The initial scheme the […]

People across Harborough who are ‘pinged’ by the NHS App are being urged to get a Covid test. Rules changed this week for people who are double-jabbed or under-18, meaning they no longer have to self-isolate if they’ve come into contact with someone who tests positive. Instead of having to quarantine for 10 days, government […]