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A controversial plan to build a green energy facility near Great Bowden is being recommended for approval. The anaerobic digestion plant is earmarked for a former mushroom farm on Welham Lane and would take-in chicken manure, maize and straw to turn into gas. Over 300 people have objected to the plan and more than 1,000 […]

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital has described the circumstances leading to a pregnant hedgehog being admitted as ‘horrific’. The animal was thrown 20ft in the air over a fence and landed on a shed roof, after first being attacked by a dog. The hedgehog was taken to the Kibworth-based charity after being rescued by a neighbour following […]

Crowds turned out to see the Flying Scotsman when it passed through the Market Harborough area on Saturday. Platforms at the town’s railway station were packed with people, while others gathered on bridges along the route to catch a glimpse of the world-famous steam locomotive. The engine travelled south to Kettering before returning north a […]

Leicestershire and Rutland’s Police and Crime Commissioner has defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK. Rupert Matthews has held the role since 2021 and twice been elected to the position. Mr Matthews becomes Reform’s first Police and Crime Commissioner and criticised both Conservative and Labour governments when he made the announcement at a press conference […]

A fundraising music night is to be held in memory of a Market Harborough man. Rainbow Suzifest will feature local bands and take place at the Enigma café bar on Saturday August 30th. The event is being organised by Suzi Player to raise money for the Air Ambulance charity, in memory of her husband Mark […]

There will be live music, trade and craft stalls and children’s entertainment in Market Harborough town centre tomorrow. The ‘August Fayre On The Square’  is being supported by HFM and will run from 10am until 3:30pm. John Maher, Tony Julian, Ele Shepherd and Kyle Newman will be performing during the day and the event will […]

The Harborough Band is preparing staging an eight-hour ‘Band-A-Thon’ in Market Harborough town centre tomorrow. Around 20 members of the brass band will be playing under the Old Grammar School from 9.30am, to raise money for much-needed new equipment and instruments needed for future performances. A similar event last year raised over £1,000 and people […]

A former car service centre in Little Bowden has been put up for sale for £300,000. The ATS Euromaster base on Kettering Road closed in March. Agents marketing the site say: “The property comprises of a detached industrial unit configured as a 4 bay workshop with ground floor office, customer reception, staff areas and storage […]

Thousands of people are set to descend on Market Harborough Showground this weekend as the venue is transformed back to war-time. ‘Operation Market Harborough’ has returned for a third year and got underway today. The World War II and post-war spectacular includes tanks and military vehicle displays, battle reenactments in an outdoor arena, vintage traders […]

Market Harborough’s two secondary schools are to benefit from funding totalling over £400,000. Welland Park Academy has been handed just under £190,000 to upgrade seating in its Octagonal Theatre, while Robert Smyth Academy will get over £218,000 to refurbish changing room facilities. The funding has been awarded by Harborough District Council through the ‘Section 106’ […]