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Leicestershire County Council says stopping charging residents to dispose of DIY waste at tips will impact its coffers by up to £1m a year. The government announced earlier this year it will ban local authorities from making such charges, in a bid to reduce fly-tipping. Alongside losing the income, the county council will also have […]

Two new drive-thrus are included in latest plans to expand a business park on the outskirts of Market Harborough at a cost of £16.5m. The units are earmarked for Airfield Business Park off the B6047 Harborough Road, opposite Harborough Innovation Centre. Although it has not been revealed who will occupy them, a council document labels […]

There a fears the side of a building in the centre of Kibworth Beauchamp could collapse. The pavement adjacent to the outbuilding of a house on the High Street has been cordoned off and parking on the road banned. Leicestershire County Council say the ‘safety zone’ has been put in place while repair works are […]

Work by talented artists and makers is on display in the windows of over 30 shops and businesses in Market Harborough. Everything from paintings and photographs to sculpture and textile pieces are on show, after members of the Harborough Artists Cluster teamed up with independent traders in the town centre. A leaflet detailing where all […]

Big names from the TV and film world will be at Market Harborough’s first ever Comic Con event on Sunday. Children’s favourite Hacker T Dog from CBBC, actor Christopher Ryan, best known as Mike from the Young Ones, and Cobra from 90s phenomenon Gladiators will all be making an appearance, alongside the likes of C […]

An elderly driver was injured after a car veered off a road in Desborough and ended up on its side in the garden of a social club. The woman and her male passenger were both trapped in the vehicle and had to be released by firefighters. The incident happened just before 5.20pm yesterday on High […]

Work is getting underway to build 350 new homes on the edge of Market Harborough. Persimmon Homes will construct the houses on 36 acres of fields off Eady Drive, between Northampton Road and the Brampton Valley Way. The developer has just completed the purchase of the land, after getting the go-ahead for the new estate […]

Developers have been given the go-ahead to build new homes instead of shops in the centre of Fleckney, despite opposition from villagers. The retail units were part of an already approved plan for an area off the High Street, but last night’s meeting of Harborough District Council’s planning committee heard there was no legal requirement […]

Work has begun to demolish bungalows at an elderly person’s housing site in Market Harborough ahead of new homes being built. 13 bungalows are being flattened at Naseby Square on the southern estate, to make way for the building of 38 new ‘affordable’ homes. The £6m is being carried out housing association Platform, who say […]

Police were called after two men were seen fighting in Market Harborough town centre. An eyewitness has told HFM they saw the fracas on the High Street, near the Abbey Street junction yesterday morning, during which one man was punched. Leicestershire Police say a 999 call was received just after 11am from a driver who […]