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Market Harborough Congregational Church will mark Baby Loss Awareness Week with a special service this evening. It starts at 6.45pm, with candles being lit at 7pm as part of the global Wave of Light, in memory of babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, or in early life. The church, lit in blue and pink, welcomes anyone […]

Councillors have rejected a controversial plan for up to 90 new homes on the outskirts of Lubenham. Developer Barratt David Wilson Homes wanted to build the new estate on eight acres of fields off Laughton Road, but planning officers at Harborough District Council raised a number of concerns, including it causing harm to the character […]

A proposal by Harborough District Council to declare a ‘Nature Emergency’ has been put on hold. The move was intended to build on the council’s 2019 Climate Emergency declaration, by including a greater focus on nature recovery. However, during last night’s full council meeting, some councillors raised concerns about the detail of the proposal. As […]

A pregnant woman involved in a crash in Market Harborough has thanked passers-by and emergency crews for their help. Genessa Vincent was taken to hospital after a two-car collision yesterday morning on Northampton Road, at the junction with Welland Park Road and Springfield Street. Thankfully, her unborn baby was unharmed and she was later discharged […]

A plan to create a town council for Market Harborough has been scuppered. It was suggested by the ruling coalition administration as a way of ‘protecting local voices’ ahead of likely local government re-organisation, which could see Harborough District Council replaced by a larger, unitary authority. However, opposition councillors said pushing the idea forward now […]

Drivers are being warned that the road between Market Harborough and Great Bowden will close for ten days for repair work on the railway bridge. Great Bowden Road will be shut from 10pm this Friday (Oct 17th) until 6am on Monday October 27th, where it meets Station Road. Network Rail will be carrying out work […]

Harborough District Council is ‘considering its options’ after a mobile phone mast it owned was removed without permission. Telecoms firm EE took down the structure after removing its equipment from the site in the Friendship Park on Northampton Road a fortnight ago. The council had previously said it would be arranging for the removal and […]

A woman was taken to hospital after a crash at a busy junction in Market Harborough this morning. Emergency services were called to the Northampton Road/Springfield Street/Welland Park Road junction just before 9.30am. Leicestershire Police say two vehicles were involved in the collision and the woman was taken to hospital ‘to be checked-over’.

Firefighters from Billesdon have started a 150-mile walking challenge in full kit to raise money in memory of a colleague. The ten day fundraiser, linking all 20 fire stations across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, honours Watch Manager Jon Partridge, who worked at Billesdon Fire Station and died suddenly in February at the age of 38. […]