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Police say Kelsey Turnell (15) from Desborough has been found safe and well. An appeal was launched yesterday after she went missing after being dropped off in Market Harborough on Sunday. Officers are thanking all who shared the appeal to locate her.
NHS bosses say the former Cottage Hospital in Market Harborough has been sold for £1.35m The sale has been completed in the past week to Sterling Rose Care, who plan to demolish the historic building to make way for a 70-bedroom luxury care home. Cash from the sale will be reinvested into the NHS.
Four payment machines were vandalised in the Sainsbury’s Car Park in Market Harborough late or Friday or during the early hours of Saturday. Glue was poured over displays making them unusable. Anyone with information as to who was responsible is urged to call Police on 101
Harborough’s MP is demanding an urgent meeting with the Chief Executive from a housing association after 19 residents were told their homes would be demolished. Neil O’Brien has hit out at the way Waterloo Housing Group told people who would be affected in Naseby Square. They were sent a letter last week – giving them […]
A fundraising drive has been launched after a man lost nearly all his possessions in a house fire in Desborough early on Sunday. The New Street home of Dave Ward was left badly damaged after the blaze broke out just after 5am – the rear of the property completely destroyed. He managed to get out […]
A Market Harborough man’s endured a full body wax to raise cash for charity! Ian Patterson braved the pain in aid of the mental health charity Mind, after it supported him in the past. The wax was carried out by staff from Aura Hair and Beauty at Louisa’s Place on St Mary’s Road and will […]
A pensioner’s been jailed for a string of sex attacks on a girl that started in Market Harborough nearly 50 years ago. 77-year-old Dennis Damon raped her at an address in the town in 1969 when she was aged just eight, and then went on to carry out further assaults over a seven year period. […]
The major expansion of a Market Harborough business park has been given the go-ahead. Leicestershire County Council’s £7m investment into building new units at Airfield Farm, off Harborough Road, is set to create up to 80 jobs and provide much-needed space for expanding companies. It’ll also generate half-a-million pounds of income each year for the […]
The Spirit of Harborough event returns for a second year tomorrow. Over 20 venues across the town will have food and drink for people to sample during a taste-trail and they’ll also be a food and drink market on The Square. The event’s aimed at showcasing local alcohol and food producers. More details HERE
The only bus linking some villages in the Welland Valley with Market Harborough and Corby is running for the final time today. The number 67 is being scrapped because Northamptonshire County Council is stopping subsiding all buses. It currently pays for the entire cost of the service – operator Carters Travel says it’s not viable […]
