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Harborough District Council has agreed to freeze its share of council tax. It is one of just six authorities nationwide to make no increase in the charge for the forthcoming year – saying it wants to support residents through the cost of living crisis. The move was approved at last night’s budget-setting meeting, meaning people […]

A landowner is being used to clear up a pile of rubbish dumped off the A4304 between Market Harborough and Lubenham. Containing tree branches, food waste and even a child’s pop-up tent, it was fly-tipped on a track earlier this month. The mess has been branded ‘disgusting’ by a dog walker who told HFM: “The […]

Police recovered a car within two hours of it being stolen after it was located in a village near Lutterworth last night. Officers responded after the vehicle was taken during a burglary in Wigston. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “A car that was stolen during a burglary in Wigston yesterday (Sunday 26 November) […]

The former Natwest bank in Market Harborough has been put up for sale for £350,000. The branch closed last month and the building on St Mary’s Road, which was a bank for more than 100 years, is now on the market. The property comes complete with ‘a strong room’ and agents marketing it say: “The […]

The delayed redevelopment of an elderly people’s housing site in Market Harborough is finally set to start later this year. A firm has now been awarded the contract to carry out the £6m project at Naseby Square, which will see 38 new affordable homes built. Housing association Platform is to carry out the development, which […]

Leicestershire’s first electric car club is to launch in Tilton on the Hill. The village, which has no public transport, will benefit from two electric cars, which will act as pool cars and be available for residents to hire out. Harborough District Council has teamed up with Leicester-based Green Fox Community Energy Co-operative for the […]

A special church service was held in Market Harborough to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Members of the Ukrainian community in the town, many who fled the war to be taken in by local individuals and families, we among those taking part in the service, held at Market Harborough Methodist Church on […]

Campaigners against a massive new prison being opened near Market Harborough say staffing it could prove difficult. The government is set to announce in April if the £300m so-called ‘super prison’ will be built on land adjacent to Gartree Prison, creating over 850 jobs. Gartree Action Group is questioning how those roles would be filled, […]

A man has been charged with theft after a tractor was stolen in Weston by Welland. The New Holland vehicle was taken from a farm on Sutton Road on January 14th and recovered by Police in Buckinghamshire two weeks later. Leicestershire Police made an arrest earlier this week in Northamptonshire and have since charged Paul […]

Improvements are to be made to car parking outside Market Harborough Railway Station after it was branded ‘a mess’ by Harborough’s MP. East Midlands Railway has pledged to improve pick-up and drop-off points, including re-configuring car park spaces. Whilst significant improvements have been made to the station during the recent years, including more car parking […]