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The canal past Market Harborough is to close to through-boats as drought conditions impact the Grand Union Canal. The Leicester Line of the waterway – from Watford in Northamptonshire to  Leicester – will shut next week. The Canal and River Trust has taken the decision to conserve water at locks, due to dwindling supplies at […]

Around 3,000 people are attending a religious festival for members of the gypsy and traveller community at Market Harborough Showground. The five-day Light and Life Church Convention began yesterday after returning to the venue for a third year. The festival-goers arrived in around 1,000 caravans on Saturday and two large marquees have been erected on […]

There are calls for better plans to be put in place after an illegal encampment prior to the start of a religious festival for members of the gipsy and traveller community at Market Harborough showground. People in several caravans moved onto the green area on the Wellington Place estate on Friday afternoon, before heading to […]

The go-ahead has been given for Market Harborough’s Banking Hub to relocate to a permanent base in the town centre. Planning permission has been granted for the facility to move into the former Solutions gift shop in St Mary’s Place. The hub, which provides face-to-face service to customers different banks, launched earlier this year following […]

Police are appealing for information after a car key burglary in Desborough. A house in Plens View on the Grange estate was broken into and keys to a black Vauxhall Astra taken, before it was stolen from outside. It happened between 11pm on Thursday (July 17th) and 6am on Friday, Officers would like to hear […]

An ‘underground network fault’ caused a power cut in Market Harborough last night. The outage affected over 670 properties in the town just before 7pm. A National Grid Electricity Distribution spokesperson said: “At 6.59pm yesterday evening, a fault on our underground network caused a power cut affecting 674 properties in Market Harborough. “All power was […]

Police have launched an investigation after two men arrived at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough with serious injuries. Officers were alerted yesterday morning and attended the hospital site on Leicester Road, together with crews from East Midlands Ambulance Service. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “Just before 11am yesterday (Sunday 20 July) staff at […]

Two men have been arrested after a man turned up at Market Harborough Police Station with a stab wound injury on Saturday evening. The men, aged 49 and 46, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender yesterday and have since been bailed, pending further enquiries. The victim – aged in his 20s – arrived […]

The government is being urged to review a controversial decision to approve the building of six new homes in the centre of Lubenham. Harborough District Council gave the go-ahead for the development on fields off The Green last week, despite opposition from villagers and the Parish Council. Concerns included the impact on highway safety and […]

Highway bosses have fined Severn Trent Water for issues during roadworks in Market Harborough last week. Temporary traffic lights failed and were not fixed for several hours on Thursday and the works at the St Mary’s Road/Kettering Road and Clarence Street junction also over-ran. Leicestershire County Council has taken to action against the company and […]