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Market Harborough’s Wilko store is to stay open for now. The shop in St Mary’s Place is not one of 52 which will close next week, but workers continue to face an uncertain future. Administrators PwC say the first store closures, which will result in the loss of over 1,300 jobs, are due to the […]
A popular pub in Kibworth Harcourt which has been closed for the past nine months is to re-open under new management. The Coach and Horses has been taken over by The Boathouse Group, which also runs The Swan in the village, the Foxton Locks Inn and The Waterfront in Market Harborough. The re-opening on September […]
An arrest has been made after man indecently exposed himself to two women in woodland between Kibworth and Fleckney. It happened just after 1pm on Monday at Millennium Wood off Kibworth Road. Leicestershire Police say the 26 year old arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure has been released on bail, pending further enquiries.
Fifteen drivers were arrested on Harborough’s road during Leicestershire Police’s latest drink and drug drive campaign. Nine men and six women were found to be over the drink drive limit or under the influence of drugs when stopped by officers during August. Arrests were made in Market Harborough, Kibworth, Saddington, Foxton, Thurnby, Tugby, Bitteswell, Frolesworth […]
Joules owed Harborough District Council over £460,000 in business rates when it went into administration last year. The debt has now been written off, after the authority conceded there was no prospect of recovering it. The Market Harborough-based fashion retailer was nearly £114m in the red when it collapsed, before a partnership between Next and […]
A team of firefighters from Kibworth are celebrating conquering the tallest mountain in the UK wearing their full fire kit weighing 25kg. They scaled Ben Nevis on to raise money for the Fire Fighters Charity and The Well Community Hub in the village and completed the challenge on Saturday in seven-and-a-half-hours. The team set a […]
Harborough District Council’s Executive has voted to ‘reluctantly’ recommend the area takes on some of Leicester’s unmet housing need. But it says the council’s stance could change between now and when the full council considers the matter later this month, should it receive new guidance from government. An extra 123 houses a year would be […]
There was a bumper turnout at yesterday’s Market Harborough Summer Fayre in Welland Park. Organisers are thanking all who supported the free event, which included live music, a fun dog show and children’s activities. These people who went along told HFM it was a great day: HFM’s Chris Jones also presented his Sunday Bit In […]
Councillors meet tonight to discuss if new homes earmarked for Leicester should be built across the Harborough District. It would mean over 1,500 additional homes going up over the next 13 years – 123 annually – on top of the Harborough’s own housing target of 534 a year. All Councils in Leicestershire have been asked […]
The flaky remnants of a historic sign painted above a shop in Market Harborough has been restored to its former glory. Duncan Murray Wines in Adam and Eve Street has had the ghost sign – which reads Taylors – hand-painted by specialist contractors to bring it back to life. The sign was first put above […]
