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Passengers were stranded for nearly two hours after a train heading towards Market Harborough hit a cow on the tracks early this morning. The incident involving a London-bound East Midlands Railway service happened at Kilby Bridge, between Wigston and Newton Harcourt, just before 7am. The train was unable to move until just before 8.30am, while […]

Harborough’s MP is spearheading a government drive to improve people’s ability to get a GP Appointment. Through his role as Health Minister, Neil O’Brien has announced a plan including funding new services in pharmacies and allowing more patients to refer directly to hospital consultants, to take pressure off GP’s. The government says move is expected […]

Market Harborough’s Great British Bake Off winner Frances Quinn was on-hand to judge Little Bowden Primary School’s ‘Coronation Bake Off’ competition. Children of all ages were asked to design a cake, fit for a King – with the winners from each class invited to bake their creations to be judged and tasted by the local […]

Volunteers from Market Harborough Sea Cadets led over 25 cadets down the Grand Union Canal as part of yesterday’s nationwide ‘The Big Help Out’ to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. The flotilla of stand up paddle boards, kayaks and even a ‘mega’ stand up paddle board travelled the six miles from Harborough’s Union […]

A fire at a house in Fleckney started in an electric meter box. Three fire crews were called to deal with the blaze at the property on Kilby Road at 11.30am on Saturday. The occupants got out of the house prior to firefighters getting to the scene and were not injured. The fire left the […]

The anniversary of VE Day was marked in Market Harborough yesterday with a ceremony on The Square. Members of the Royal British Legion and Royal Naval Association gathered to observe a two minute’s silence and lay wreaths on the war memorial, to commemorate the end of World War Two on May 8th 1945.

Talks are underway which could see a coalition formed to seize control of Harborough District Council. No political party is in overall control following last week’s election, which saw the Conservatives lose their majority. Now, the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Green party are discussing coming together to form a power-sharing ‘traffic-light coalition’ so they could […]

The Conservatives have lost control of Harborough District Council following yesterday’s election. Although the party secured the largest number of seats with 15, it was not enough to meet the threshold for overall control, with the Liberal Democrats winning 13, Labour 3 and the Green Party securing 3 seats. It means no party is now […]

Votes are being counted following local elections across Harborough yesterday. The count is taking place at Harborough Leisure Centre. The turnout for the District Council election was 34.9%, slightly down on when people last went to the polls in 2019, when it was 36.4%. 125 candidates are contesting seats in 19 wards across the district, […]