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Over 160 students at Robert Smyth Academy have taken part in a 24-hour charity sports marathon. The ‘lock-in’ event saw youngsters from years 10, 11, 12 and 13 participating in 14 different sports, ranging from football and basketball to badminton and rugby. Former Robert Smyth students who have excelled in sport – professional tennis player […]

A Market Harborough fundraiser is being honoured on Random Acts of Kindness Day. Carol Tilley has helped raise over £100,000 for good causes in the town over the past 50 years and was instrumental in securing a new hydrotherapy facility at the leisure centre. Carol is receiving a £100 Virgin Experience voucher after HFM teamed […]

Harborough MP’s is spearheading discussions aimed at improving the area of the town home to sports and youth groups. Increasing numbers of people are involved in activities at Harborough Town Football Club and Market Harborough Rugby Club, both based behind the Leisure Centre off Northampton Road. Neil O’Brien has invited representatives from the clubs and […]

A campaign has been launched after fire engines were blocked from getting down streets in Market Harborough because of parked vehicles. Signs have been erected in streets off Coventry Road urging drivers to consider if large vehicles like fire engine could get through. There have been recent incidents in Nelson Street and Logan Street, leading […]

A hot food outlet is being proposed for Welland Industrial Estate in Market Harborough. Owners of the site want to erect a small building at the corner of the estate fronting Rockingham Road and provide an outdoor seating area. A planning application for the development has been lodged with Harborough District Council, although there are […]

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a man was seen hitting a dog in Market Harborough. It happened in Cross Street at around 2pm on Sunday, when someone heard a yelping sound and then saw the animal being struck by his hand. The dog was of the distinctive Pomeranian type and the man was […]

A group of illegal immigrants found in the back of a lorry near Lutterworth a week ago were from North-East Africa. 20 people including three children from Eritrea were discovered in the trailer of the HGV at the Magna Park industrial estate. The Home Office has released more details and a spokesperson told HFM: “On […]

A charity supporting people in Market Harborough who have lost loved ones to suicide will be able to offer more support thanks to a fundraiser. £4,750 has been presented to SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide) after a sponsored 13-mile walk round the town. 15 people were part of the event organised by Carole Tilley, […]

Food waste collections are to be introduced across Harborough. The District Council has begun planning for them following the government’s new requirement for all local authorities to provide such a service by April 2026. The cost of the scheme, including providing storage caddies to households and purchasing new collection vehicles, is set to be fully-funded […]

A specialist sniffer dog helped uncover a large quantity of illegal vapes and tobacco in Lutterworth. Leicestershire Trading Standards executed warrants at an unnamed shop in the town and associated residential premises yesterday. Supported by Police, the products were found in the shop and in a concealed room at the other premises and all were […]