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A time capsule is to be buried in the grounds of a new Market Harborough care home, to mark what has been an extraordinary year. Rosewood Manor on Coventry Road will open next month, on the site of the former Cottage Hospital. A tree will also be planted and a plaque erected to mark the […]

Market Harborough Building Society has given over £30,000 to charities and community groups this year. Some of the grants from the society’s Charitable Foundation have been to assist their work during the pandemic. Staff also raised over £8,000 for the Air Ambulance Service, their charity of the year, after taking part in a walking, running, […]

A fire at an electricity substation in Market Harborough caused a widespread power cut early this morning. Firefighters were called to Andrew Macdonald Close at 3.55am, after residents reported hearing an explosion and seeing sparks coming from the building. The blaze involved a transformer unit and was quickly dealt with by the crew from Market […]

Over £19,000 has been donated by people after a festive charity tractor run was held in and around Lutterworth yesterday. Farmers from across Harborough joined forces for the event, aimed at giving people some festive cheers and also to raise money for Leicestershire’s MS Therapy Support Centre. VIDEO: Andy Carpenter Organiser Ryan Archer, who uses […]

Village pubs across Harborough unable to open over Christmas are being offered £1,000 to help them stay afloat. The support scheme, being launched by Leicestershire County Council, is thought to be the first of its in the country, and will double the financial support being offered by the government. Pubs can apply for the cash […]

Police are appealing for information after a teenager died following a car crash near a Harborough village yesterday afternoon. The man, aged 18, was a front-seat passenger in a silver Ford Fiesta, which left the road and overturned into a ditch on Willoughby Road, close to the junction with Broughton Lane, at around 3.15pm. The […]

A couple have been left devastated after their beloved pet dog was stolen in Kibworth Harcourt on Saturday night. Betsy, a Chow Chow aged two-and-a half, was taken from the back garden of Kieran and Rachel Wade’s house in Barnards Way at around 8.50pm. The thief or thieves cut a padlock on a gate to […]

975 people have been vaccinated against Coronavirus in Market Harborough in two days. The town’s Medical Centre used up all its first supplies of the Phizer jab, at a vaccination clinic held on Friday and Saturday. The majority were given to people aged 80 and over, who will return in three weeks for their second […]

A gang of burglars who raided supermarkets and convenience stores in and around Market Harborough have had their jail terms increased. The Solicitor General has ruled the six year sentences handed down to the trio earlier this year were unduly lenient, extending them all by three years. The men, from Northampton, smashed their way into […]

The Kibworth School is set to join a multi-academy trust. It is currently run as a stand-alone academy, but will become part of the Mead Educational Trust, which currently comprises of ten schools in Leicester, if the plan is approved by the Department of Education. The school, which has 850 pupils, will become the fourth […]