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The finishing touches are being made ahead of a new ‘friendship park’ opening in Market Harborough town centre next month. Iron fencing has been erected around the site on Northampton Road, welcoming arches installed and benches placed within it. The previously overgrown area adjacent to the Market Hall car park has been transformed over the […]

A family-run bakery in Market Harborough is celebrating being named one of the best in the UK. The Garage Bakehouse has made it onto a prestigious top 50 list compiled by the Good Food Guide. It’s a big achievement for the bakery owned by brother and sister Dan and Lauren Cadoo, which true to its […]

Residents in Dingley are rallying round to support charity Young Lives vs Cancer. A series of events are planned including an auction of promises tonight at the Village Hall, which is being supported by a host of individuals and businesses. Money raised from the events will fund the publication of a short children’s story entitled […]

People whose homes were flooded across Harborough earlier this year can now apply for financial support. Harborough District Council has launched a support scheme worth nearly £40,000 to assist residents with on-going clean-up costs. The authority agreed to step-in to offer one-off grants to eligible residents whose homes suffered internal flooding, after the government confirmed […]

Lidl has announced plans to open a new store in a Harborough village. The discount supermarket chain wants to build it off Uppingham Road in Bushby, creating 40 jobs. The 2,185 square-metre store is earmarked for land at the junction of Zouche Way and would include a 120-space car park. Andrew Hodgkinson, Regional Head of […]

Police have concluded there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding a house fire that claimed the lives of three people, including a mother and daughter from Desborough. It follows and complex and thorough investigation following the blaze in Rushton a week ago. Emma Conn, 30, her four-year old daughter Mayci Fox and Louie Thorn, 23, all […]

Candidates standing in next month’s local elections in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire have been announced. Residents will go to the polls on May 1st to elect new councillors to represent them on Leicestershire County Council, North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council. In Leicestershire, the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Reform UK have candidates […]

The funeral of a popular Harborough district firefighter takes place today after he died suddenly aged 38. Jon Partridge, who was born and raised in Billesdon, died in February following a ‘medical emergency’. He had served his community for 18 years, through his role as Watch Manager at Billesdon’s on-call Fire Station and working in […]

Pupils from six primary schools are joining forces today for a big fundraising busk in Market Harborough. They will be performing outside the Market Hall in St Mary’s Place for five hours from 9.30am, to raise money for Cancer Research UK and their school PTA’s. Schools taking part at Church Langton C of E Primary, […]

Tributes have been paid to the three people who died in a house fire in Rushton. The families of Emma Conn, her four-year-old daughter Mayci Fox and Louie Thorn have released the moving tributes following the tragic blaze last Friday night. Mayci, from Desborough, has been described as a ‘wild and loving whirlwind’ who was […]