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This May a moment of music history will be recreated in the Harborough village where George Frideric Handel’s most loved work was performed for the very first time in a parish church.It’s been announced the Knighton Chamber Orchestra, accompanied by massed community choirs from across Leicestershire, will perform Handel’s ‘Messiah’ at St Peter’s Church in […]
Harborough District Council has announced that the land it owns at Naseby Square in Market Harborough has been sold for £1.4m to Platform Housing Group.The Council decided not to pursue the housing project itself, as originally planned, because it had to “refocus its priorities” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.It says the capital raised […]
The Ministry of Justice is still considering whether to challenge thedecision to refuse permission for a massive new prison near MarketHarborough.District Councillors unanimously rejected the plan for land near GartreePrison earlier this month, because of the effect the 17-hundred inmatejail would have had on the countryside.Now Councillor Phil Knowles has emailed Secretary of State for […]
The campaign for a Kibworth Bypass has been dealt a blow after the A6through the village was ranked second from bottom on a priority list of14 routes in Leicestershire needing action.It’d been hoped increasing congestion and poor air quality in Kibworthwould have seen a bypass placed high up on Leicestershire CountyCouncil’s list.Phil King, Leader of […]
Fire investigators say they’ve been unable to determine what started a major blaze in Desborough. It’s after a building at a recycling site on Braybrooke Road went up in flames at the end of last month, destroying a large quantity of recyclable goods and clothing. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue service has now ended its enquiries into […]
A new milestone has been set in the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out across the Harborough District. Latest figures show over 220,000 jabs have been given since the majorvaccination campaign began.Ninety per cent of the district’s population aged over 12 have had one dose, 87 per cent two and nearly three-quarters have had a third orbooster jab.The […]
In football, celebrations are continuing after Harborough Town were crowned Champions of the UCL Premier South Division.Saturday’s 2 all draw at Newport Pagnell confirmed the trophy win after an amazing promotion-winning season for the Bees, who amassed 102points by winning 33 out of 38 games…scoring 119 goals.Chief Executive Laurence Jones says they now can’t wait […]
The leader of the opposition on Harborough District Council says residents are due a public apology – and further explanation – after the authority issued around seven hundred Council Tax summonses in error. Shocked householders in the district started to receive the notifications last week – before then being informed it was a mistake. A […]
Villagers in North Northamptonshire should soon have easier access to a COVID-19 test, with the launch of a new mobile service. Dubbed “swabs on wheels” the county’s first lateral flow testing van aims to get more people without any Coronavirus symptoms to get themselves checked. The initiative by Public Health Northamptonshire follows a drop in […]
Could YOU be a “Community Champion”? Voluntary Action South Leicestershire is currently looking for female volunteers who are able and willing to help people in the Harborough District who’re feeling lonely or isolated. Given COVID considerations, the charity’s manager, Maureen O’Malley says, if you prefer, it could start with making ‘phone calls, rather than face-to-face […]
