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Market Harborough’s volunteer gardeners have been praised after winning the Large Town category of the East Midlands in Bloom competition for the fourth year in a row. The dedicated team received the top honour at a presentation ceremony yesterday, seeing off strong competition from across the region. The Market Harborough in Bloom volunteers are known […]

A man has been charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in Market Harborough in July. Henry Gaskin, 20, who is also accused of possessing a knife blade/sharp pointed article, appeared in court today. Leicestershire Police say the charges relate to an incident on Saturday July 19th, when a man aged in his 20s arrived […]

Police are continuing to appeal for help to find a Desborough man who has been missing since Monday afternoon. Officers believe 41-year-old Marc was last seen walking along Harborough Road just after 2pm, before continuing along Rothwell Road, in the direction of Rothwell. Marc is 6ft 2in, has a beard and moustache, wears glasses and […]

Market Harborough has won the large town category of the East Midlands in Bloom competition for the fourth year running. The dedicated team of volunteer gardeners were handed the honour and another gold award at the results ceremony in Grimsby this afternoon. Judges visited Market Harborough in June to evaluate floral displays and environmental initiatives, […]

A Market Harborough start-up company is turning insects into food for the future. Oko Protein has developed a taste-neutral protein powder made from crickets, designed to blend into everyday products like snacks and pasta. The company, run by Oxford graduate Dan Balderson, began in a garden shed and has already secured financial support from government. […]

Market Harborough will host its first ever Writer’s Day on Saturday. The event will include three workshops is being organised by the town’s Story Centre and Writers Hub. Harborough-based singer/songwriter Ele Shepherd will help host one of the workshops, focusing on songwriting skills: The Writer’s Day will take place at the Congregational Church Hall from […]

Opposition councillors are calling for full transparency over the major rewilding project being led by Harborough District Council. The scheme is taking place near Great Bowden after the authority purchased more than 130 acres of land for almost £1.8 million earlier this year, saying the move will help restore a nature-depleted area on a nationally […]

A bakery firm that closed both its Market Harborough stores earlier this week is set to enter voluntary liquidation. Butterwick shut 12 of its 14 sites including the shops on Church Street and at the railway station, leaving more than 60 staff out of work. The owners of the Northamptonshire-based company said the decision was […]

Firefighters from Billesdon are to take on a 150-mile walking challenge in full kit to raise money in memory of a colleague. The fundraiser is in honour of Watch Manager Jon Partridge, who died suddenly in February aged 38, following a medical emergency. The ten-day trek next month will link up all 20 fire stations […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has called for an urgent meeting with East Midlands Railway after the company confirmed it will be reducing the number of carriages on some services. It says a ‘small number of services’ will run with fewer carriages than usual during the winter, as it prepares to introduce its fleet of new […]