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Councillors are to meet bank bosses to call for a re-think on the closure of the Halifax in Market Harborough. It was announced last week the branch on The Square will shut later this year, along with a number of others across the country. The decision by Lloyds Banking Group was blamed on more people […]
The number of households using Harborough’s garden waste collection scheme has dropped by over 2,500 in a year. Opposition councillors blame the £15 increase in subscribing to the green bin service for the reduction – although District Council bosses say it had no option but to put up the cost. Just over 16,500 people have […]
2,600 pupils across Leicestershire are currently self-isolating after coming into contact with people who tested positive for coronavirus. There were 281 cases in county schools in June – with 45 staff members and 235 students becoming infected with the virus, including a number at the Kibworth Mead Academy. To put the figures in context, Leicestershire […]
A man who defied the odds to survive an explosion in Market Harborough is preparing to embark on a big fundraiser for the Air Ambulance. Rod Martin says he owes his life to the service, after he suffered 52% burns when he was engulfed in flames at his garage workshop in St Mary’s Road, in […]
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a spate of criminal damage in Desborough. The incidents happened just after midnight on May 3rd, when a man damaged windows of a GP surgery and kebab shop in High Street by kicking them. A car parked in Station Road […]
A man has been jailed after Police found cannabis with a street value of up to £60,000 in his car boot on the A14. Klaus Dalipi was arrested near Kelmarsh on June 11th, after Police discovered a large bag of the drug when they stopped the VW Passat he was driving. The 29-year-old, of no […]
Market Harborough Tennis Club has unveiled its new £300,000 clubhouse. It marks the culmination of ten years of fundraising for the facility at their base in Great Bowden, which replaces the previous ageing building. The thriving club received various grants to raise the money needed to build the state-of-the-art facility. Players were joined by supporters […]
Council bosses have acted to protect around 30 trees on a green space near Gartree Prison, amid fears the area may be redeveloped. A temporary Tree Preservation Order has been placed on the land by Harborough District Council, with a view to making it permanent. Residents on Stuart Crescent raised concerns earlier this month that […]
The new Health Secretary has agreed to hold talks about the future of Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth. An in-patient ward at the community hospital was closed last year, promoting concerns the site could shut altogether, although the hospital was brought back into use as a Covid-19 vaccination clinic. Sajid Javid responded to a question […]
A new campaign has been launched to target litter louts discarding rubbish in laybys and along major roads across Harborough. Enforcement vehicles, fitted with cameras, will be patrolling hotspot areas, including the A6, A4304 and A47, and people who capture footage of drivers throwing litter out of vehicles on dashcams are being urged to submit […]
