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Market Harborough loses another bank today as Barclays shuts its doors for the final time. The closure is being blamed on more people using on-line banking services, with just 22 customers regularly using the High Street branch as the only way to do their banking. It the third bank closure in the town this year […]

A ceremony has taken place in Market Harborough to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Wreaths were placed on the War Memorial on The Square during the event yesterday, which was led by the Royal British Legion. The war between 1950 and 1953 claimed the lives of over 1000 British […]

Young music talent will be showcased at a free festival in Market Harborough next month. Somewhere Fest will take place in the grounds of The Cube at Symington’s Recreation Ground on Saturday August 26th. Around 10 acts, all signed to the town’s community record label Somewhere Records, will take to the stage across the day. […]

People living in several Harborough villages are being urged to sign-up for free vouchers to help pave the way for ultrafast broadband connections. Residents in Foxton, the Langtons, Glooston and Cranoe are being invited to take part in the initiative, which is part of a government-backed scheme to help rural communities. If enough people get […]

Organisers of  Operation Market Harborough are reassuring people it is still going ahead after rumours circulated on social media it had been cancelled. The two day spectacular, formally known as Harborough at War, is taking place over the weekend of August the 5th and 6th at the town’s Showground. A spokesman for the organisers said: […]

No-one was injured after two vehicles crashed on the A508 near Maidwell this morning. Police were called to Harborough Road just before 9.30am, after the car and pick-up truck ended up in a ditch, one on its side. An eye-witness told HFM one of the vehicles was towing the other at the time.

Fleckney Dental Practice says it will be able to take-on 2000 new patients by expanding its premises. The surgery, which offers NHS and private treatment, has applied for planning permission to extend its base on School Street, so it can increase the number of treatment rooms to five. There is currently a shortage of dentists […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council is to meet business owners over concerns raised about the event at Market Harborough Showground. A number of hospitality venues closed over the weekend, citing concerns about anti-social behaviour and the last-minute nature in which they were informed about the religious festival, which has attracted over 2000 people. The […]

Opposition is mounting against the plan to close the ticket office at Market Harborough Railway Station as consultation is extended over the summer. The office is one of over 1,000 nationwide earmarked for closure and a public consultation was due to end today, but has now been extended until September 1st. The controversial proposal is […]

The opposition group at Harborough District Council say they were ‘silenced’ when not allowed to talk about the event at Market Harborough Showground at this week’s Full Council meeting. The Conservatives had questions to ask of the ruling coalition administration, amid criticism the community was not given enough notice about the religious festival, which has attracted […]