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Market Harborough’s Banking Hub is set to relocate to a permanent base in the town’s St Mary’s Place. The facility has been operating from the Symington Building on a temporary basis since March, following several bank closures. Plans have now been revealed to move the hub into a vacant shop near the St Mary’s Road […]

Two prison officers were injured after being attacked by a prisoner at HMP Gartree on Tuesday. A female officer suffered a broken wrist and needed hospital treatment, while her male colleague was assaulted and had a TV thrown at him. The incident happened after the officers responded to a medical emergency, which turned out to […]

A Market Harborough man is thanking people for their support after completing a gruelling fundraising challenge. Paul Molyneux cycled 1,000km on a static bike at the Snap Fitness gym and raised over £2,000 in sponsorship for charity Samaritans, where he volunteers. He started the epic ride at 8am on Friday and completed the journey – […]

Police seized two e-bikes during an operation targeting people using them illegally in Market Harborough town centre. The action earlier today followed continued complaints about them being ridden dangerously by delivery workers. Officers found the bikes had been adapted to travel at higher speeds than permitted, with neither having chains linking the pedals to the […]

Specialist sniffer dogs were used during a major search of Gartree Prison. The operation took place at 4.30am yesterday, as part of efforts to find contraband items such as drugs and weapons. A large number of prison officers gathered in car park outside before entering the prison near Market Harborough. The Prison Service has described […]

Work to lay power cables to the site of a new prison near Market Harborough is expected to be finished by the end of this month. The scheme on the A4304 began in January and has caused delays for drivers, with temporary traffic lights in place on stretches of the road between Market Harborough and […]

Plans have been announced for another new housing estate in Fleckney. David Wilson Homes wants to build up to 170 houses of various sizes on 18-and-a-half acres of land to the north of Kilby Road. The submission of a planning application to Harborough District Council comes after the same developer lodged plans last month to […]

Grants totalling £8,000 have been handed to charity and community groups in and around Market Harborough thanks to the efforts of swimmers. Over 100 people took part in the Market Harborough Rotary Club’s SwiMarathon in March and grants from money raised were handed to 16 organisations at a presentation last night. Rotarian Carole Baldam helped […]

Reform UK has chosen its new leader for Leicestershire. Dan Harrison has taken up the position after the party became the biggest group on the County Council at the local elections. The former Conservative county councillor, who represents Ashby, defected to Reform earlier this year and will lead the party’s 25 newly-elected members. Reform is […]

Simon Whelband has been elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative group on Harborough District Council. He succeeds Jon Bateman, who has led the Tories since 2023 and will continue to serve as a councillor. Cllr Whelband has been member for the Kibworths since 2019 and was elected at a meeting of the […]