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One of the largest collections of rare shipwreck coins has sold at auction in Market Harborough for over £6,000 – more than double the estimate. Dating from between 1686 and 1806, over 50 coins went under the hammer at Gildings Auctioneers yesterday. Three of the lots were bought by a dive team involved in the […]

Teachers have staged a protest in Market Harborough after joining a national strike over pay. A picket line was set-up outside Robert Smyth Academy this morning, which was supported by staff from other schools as well as some parents and children. The action by the National Education Union, in an on-going row with the government, […]

Police have completed a week of action highlighting the work of neighbourhood officers. Events were held in and around Market Harborough, as part of the national Neighbourhood Policing Week Of Action initiative. People were also encouraged to sign-up to Neighbourhood Link, which is an on-line platform the police use to get information out to the […]

Leicestershire County Council is waiving road closure application fees for people wanting to hold street parties to mark the King’s Coronation in May. They usually cost between £400 and £650 pounds, but the authority wants to encourage communities to come together in celebration of the historic occasion. County council leader Nick Rushton said: “The Coronation […]

Small businesses across Harborough have just today left to apply for a share of £50,000 of government funding to help them prosper and grow. The District Council is administering the scheme, with up to £2,000 available to eligible firms for projects enabling them to ‘Go Green,’ ‘Go Digital’ or ‘Go Innovate’. Applications can be made […]

Plans to build 40 new council houses on a long-standing derelict site in the centre of Desborough are being reviewed. North Northamptonshire Council says further work is being carried out on the potential cost for the development on the former Lawrence’s Factory site. It was initially valued at £9.5m, with the hope government-body Homes England […]

The union representing firefighters and control room staff across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire says they have voted to strike ‘as a last resort’. The government and employers have ten days to improve their 5-percent pay offer, before the the Fire Brigades Union is expected to announce strike dates. It would be the first walk-out by fire […]

A tractor stolen from Weston By Welland earlier this month has been recovered by Police and a man arrested in connection with the theft. The vehicle was found at a farm near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire following enquiries by officers, after it was stolen from premises in Sutton Road on January 14th. A 30-year-old man from […]

Strike action by teachers means schools in Market Harborough will be closed to hundreds of children on Wednesday. Welland Park Academy will be shut to all year groups, apart from Year 11 students who can attend for supervised revision work and youngsters classed as vulnerable. The school says in addition to the industrial action, a […]

Police are working to identify those involved in fighting after Harborough Town Football Club’s home game against Corby Town on Saturday. Large scale disorder broke out in the car park outside the ground involving around 100 people, with a man and a police officer injured and taken to hospital for treatment. Footage from officers’ body-worn […]