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The go-ahead has been given for a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough to be transformed into flats. Planning permission has been granted for three apartment blocks, of four and five storeys, to be built at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road, adjacent to the River Welland. The blocks will house 79 […]

The go-ahead has been given for a medical aesthetics and beauty clinic to open in the former Catholic Club in Market Harborough. Planning permission has been granted for the change of use of the building on Coventry Road, which has stood empty since the social club closed in 2020. The club was open for over […]

The go-ahead been given for 35 new homes to be built on the site of a former shoe factory in Desborough town centre. The development on the former Dunkelman and Son site in Gold Street will see buildings demolished to make-way for two, three and four-bedroomed houses. The area has stood vacant since the company […]

The contents of a distillery in Market Harborough which closed with the loss of over 50 jobs is to be sold at auction. Administrators have ordered the sale of machinery and other assets following the collapse of Union Distillers, which was based on Welland Business Park. The business, which produced spirits under the ‘two birds’ […]

More people across Harborough than anywhere else in Leicestershire have had a spring Covid booster vaccine. Just under 8,500 jabs have been given, which is 75% of the district’s population eligible for one. The NHS is now urging those yet to take up the offer of the vaccine, available to over 75’s, residents in care […]

A vigil has been held in Market Harborough to pay tribute to two dogs shot dead by Police in London last month. Around 40 people attended the event near the dog walking area in Welland Park yesterday, where speeches were made and flowers and other items placed on fencing. The event was one of a […]

People who give up their time to help others across Harborough are being celebrated during Volunteers’ Week. Town-based charity VASL, which co-ordinates a number of schemes across the district, will recognise them and encourage others to get involved at an event tomorrow. It is teaming up with Voluntary Action Leicestershire to host it at the […]

The start of work to expand Market Harborough Medical Centre is getting closer after plans were announced to carry out it out in three phases. Six new treatment and consulting rooms will be created first, along with a new pharmacy, before the two-storey extension enables extra office space and a further three consulting rooms. The […]

Drivers are being warned bad parking could cost lives after a fire crew in Rothwell were delayed in getting to an emergency. A car was left partly across the entrance to the fire station forecourt on Tresham Street on Saturday night, meaning the appliance could not turn right, and vehicles double-parked further down the road […]

Leicestershire Police is urging people to report non-emergencies on-line due to a technical fault with the 101 phone number. The force is also urging people to only use 999 in an emergency and in a tweet said: “Please can you be mindful that we are experiencing some issues with our phone lines. “Remember to utilise […]