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Novice runners are celebrating completing a ‘Couch to 5k’ challenge. The ten-week course was run by Harborough Athletics Club with the participants reaching their goal at Market Harborough Parkrun on Saturday. Paul Savage, Judith Croxton, Lisa Lovett, Rob Sidebottom and his wife Rachel Law and junior runners Charlie and Carson, all took up the challenge […]

Teachers at Rothwell Junior School are set to walk out on strike tomorrow. Staff who are members of the NASUWT union say they are taking action over what they claim is a ‘toxic work environment’ affecting the education of children. The union says its members have ‘reached breaking point’ and although they do not want […]

A man who burgled Market Harborough Conservative Club and stole from a supermarket has been jailed for over two years. Neil Mann took cash and alcohol when he broke into the club in Fairfield Road on January 22nd and was arrested after police identified him through CCTV footage. Less than a week later and while […]

Tributes are being paid to a Market Harborough Dad who prepared a crowdfunding appeal to support his daughters in the weeks before he died. Mark Paul passed away earlier this month aged 49, following a three-year battle with blood cancer. He was a single parent to 20-year-old Ava and 16-year-old Flo and despite becoming very […]

A charity will be forced to stop providing help to the homeless in Market Harborough it if cannot secure new funding in the next two weeks. Falcon Support Services have helped around 200 people since launching from a base on Fairfield Road last year, including providing accommodation. It provides help to people who have become […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died following a crash on the A5199 in Husbands Bosworth. He was a rear seat passenger in a blue Vauxhall Corsa which was involved in collision with a white Vauxhall Vivaro van, just after 12.30pm yesterday. The man aged in his 20s was taken to hospital, but […]

Campaigners calling for a rail link between Market Harborough and Northampton are holding a public meeting today. The English Regional Transport Association say it would open up a new north/south national rail corridor, linking the Midland Mainline with the West Coast main line. The previous railway between the two towns closed in the 1980s and […]

Work is underway to plant over 200 new trees, whips and shrubs in Market Harborough’s Welland Park. The two-day community project is being led by the town’s Rotary Club and is taking place near the Farndon Road entrance to the park. A number of town-based groups are helping with the planting, which is taking place […]

Fire crews have released two people who were trapped after a two-car crash on the A5199 in Husbands Bosworth. Emergency services were called to Welford Road just after 12.30pm today. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say firefighters worked to free people trapped in both vehicles. The road remains closed between Station Road & Sulby Road […]

An Uber taxi driver has had his licence suspended after being photographed parked in the taxi rank in Market Harborough. The action has been taken by council bosses in Wolverhampton where the cab was licenced, while an investigation is carried out. The photographic evidence was sent by Harborough District Council after it was provided to […]


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