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We’re being encouraged to support independent business in Market Harborough during the Coronavirus outbreak, amid concerns some could be forced to close down. The Harbs Collective, that represents many of them, says unlike larger shop chains, the margins for small independent retailers are much less and some will struggle to cope with a major reduction […]
An on-line support group has been launched in a bid to help people affected by Coronovirus in and around Market Harborough. The Market Harborough Coronavirus Support Group has been set-up on Facebook by student Amy Hayward, for people to offer help and support to each other, particularly those self-isolating who may need help with shopping […]
The Coronavirus outbreak has led to the cancellation of a number of events and regular club and group meetings across the Harborough District. To add something to the list below, click HERE to email us. Little Bowden 2002 club – April and May meetings cancelled Market Harborough Carnival – cancelled Leicestershire County Show, Market […]
The Carphone Warehouse in Market Harborough is to close. The shop on The Square is one of 531 to be shut nationwide at the start of April, with the loss of 2,900 jobs. Its parent company Dixons Carphone says all of its standalone stores are closing so it can concentrate on the branches inside Currys […]
The Cube Youth Centre in Market Harborough has been given an upgrade thanks to charity funding. A new office and quiet space for young people to use has been created inside the building at the Symington’s Rec. The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity paid for the work. Charlotte Cooper, Youth Work Manager with the […]
Harborough Churches handed out ‘Can We Help’ leaflets at services yesterday in a bid to help those who have been forced into self-isolation because of Coronavirus. People willing to pick up shopping, prescriptions or just provide a friendly phone-call can fill in their in details and post them through the doors of neighbours or others […]
Twelve supermarket chains have come together to release a joint statement urging customers not to panic buy amid the Coronavirus outbreak. They include Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Aldi and Lidl, whose stores in Market Harborough have seen a surge of people buying high quantities of certain items, like toilet rolls, soap, hand sanitisers and pasta, leaving […]
The government has given the go-ahead a safe footpath to be created between Lubenham and Market Harborough, in memory of 13-year-old Adam Mugridge, who was killed while cycling to school 13 years ago. The campaign by Adam’s family received a massive boost in 2018, when highway bosses officially recognised the mile-long route, along the old […]
A man in his 80s has died from Coronavirus at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He is one of ten more people to have died from Covid-19 in the UK, taking the death toll to 21. The UK’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said all of the latest to die were patients in “at-risk” groups. NHS […]
We maybe a long way from the sea, but a new boat was unveiled in Market Harborough town centre today! The specialist dinghy has been bought by the charity Sailability, thanks to grants from Sport England and the Market Harborough Building Society’s Charitable Trust. The charity, based at Pitsford Reservoir, enables people with disabilities to […]
