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The Ukrainian community is holding a day of commemoration in Market Harborough to mark a year since Russia invaded their country. A special service will be held at the Methodist Church in Northampton Road at 4pm, including prayers, the lighting of candles, a silence and musical performances, followed by refreshments, with all welcome to attend. […]

Plans for a new McDonalds restaurant and Costa coffee shop on the edge of Lutterworth could be approved next week. Councillors are being recommended to grant permission for the development off Coventry Road, near the roundabout with the A4303. 80 jobs would be created if it gets the green light, with both venues operating drive-thru […]

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service has referred an allegation of sexual misconduct made by a former female firefighter to Police. It follows a report on ITV news, where the former employee alleged an incident took place at a fire station involving a male manager. The service says disciplinary action was taken against him for sexual […]

A man has been given a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping farm animals for ten years after an illegal pig farm was discovered in the Harborough District. Robert Emerson, 73, pleaded guilty to permitting others to engage in cruelty on the premises (slaughter of the pigs and related operations such as tying up […]

There are increasing fears for the future of some bus services in and around Market Harborough after a last-ditch attempt to prevent cuts failed. The opposition Liberal Democrat group at Leicestershire County Council called for an amendment to the authority’s budget in a bid to protect 26 subsidised routes across the county, but the ruling […]

A Market Harborough primary school is objecting to plans to ban parking on the road outside, saying it will put the safety of children and families at risk. Highways bosses want to put double yellows lines down along a large stretch of Fairfield Road, but the C of E Academy says that will cause significant […]

An inquest has opened into the death of a talented Thai footballer who was a student at Brooke House College Football Academy in Market Harborough. 17-year-old Dom Promthep died in hospital two days after being found unconscious at the college’s accommodation on Northampton Road, on February 12th. The hearing today in Leicester heard a provisional […]

Leicester’s Hospitals have been ordered to pay Harborough District Council £35,000 after losing a court battle. The NHS Trust took the authority to a Judicial Review, after being refused a request for £1m of developer funding, to deal with pressures on services it claimed would be generated by a massive new housing development near Lutterworth, […]

Police have launched a new appeal for witnesses after a man was left with serious facial injuries following an attack at a pub in Desborough. The victim aged in his 40s required surgery after being assaulted by two males at The George in High Street, between midnight and 12.30am on Saturday February 4th. A 19-year-old […]

A £5m upgrade of Kibworth tip is nearing completion. The Recycling and Household Waste Site has been shut for over a year to allow for the major works, aimed at making it easier to use. A reopening date has yet to be announced, but a spokesperson for Leicestershire County Council told HFM: “There are some minor […]