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Leicestershire’s smallest library has opened – in a red phone box in Billesdon! Villagers have already donated around 200 books for the renovated kiosk on Church Street, which was taken on by the Parish Council after BT removed the phone. It’s been kitted out with shelves, plus solar-powered lighting and heating to keep the moisture […]
What looks like footprints of a beast appeared overnight in Market Harborough! They stretch from the River Welland across part of the pedestrian area outside Sainsburys. S,o has the infamous black beast made an appearance, or an artist been busy at work ?
A developer says the NHS could have made more money out of the sale of Market Harborough’s former Cottage Hospital. It was revealed last week the Coventry Road site was sold for £1.35, although Harborough-based RSJ Developments last year bid over 1.5 million for it. Director John Cooper then pulled out of the running after […]
Latest plans to demolish the former Queen’s Head pub in Sutton Bassett and build a house in its place have been dropped. Developers, who say re-opening it as a pub, which has been shut for over four years, would not be financially viable, have withdrawn their planning application. It also included building two semi-detached houses […]
Users of ladies public toilets in the Commons Car Park in Market Harborough are complaining there have been no hand-washing facilities there for over five weeks, saying it’s completely unhygienic. It’s because the all-in-one washing dryer machine has broken. Harborough Council has apologised – a spokesman says they had been awaiting parts to fix it, […]
Organisers of this Saturday’s Harborough Carnival hope its new feel will prove a success. A new committee has been busy organising the event – which will include activities and live music on the Symington’s Rec right the way through til 8pm – later than during previous carnivals. They’ll be the biggest parade for some years […]
The design of this year’s Wistow Maze has been revealed and it’s in the shape of an ambulance! It was announced earlier in the year the theme would celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, after people were asked to come up with ideas, and Market Harborough nurse Sam Screaton had hers chosen. The maze […]
An independent Planning Inspector has been appointed to examine the Harborough Local Plan, which sets out future development across the district over the next 13 years. He’ll examine comments made during a period of public consultation before holding a number of informal debates – known as ‘hearing sessions’ in October. Only then can the plan […]
Parents across Leicestershire have overwhelmingly called for school term and holiday dates to remain the same. It follows a consultation by Leicestershire County Council to get the views on possible changes from next year. However, a meeting next week will hear over 6,000 people who responded want the current system to remain – 71 per […]
An iconic silhouette of a British soldier has been placed beside the War Memorial in Market Harborough town centre, as part of commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of WW1. The 6ft tall transparent aluminum figure with its head bowed and gun in hand has been put on The Square by Harborough Council. […]
