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Arsonists have tried to set fire to children’s play equipment in Market Harborough’s Welland Park. They placed cardboard under the equipment and set it alight on two separate occasions this week. Luckily the fires did not spread. The latest incident is thought to have happened between 6.30pm and 7pm on Tuesday and the other on […]
Plenty of laughs will be guaranteed when Leicester Comedy Festival’s ‘Big Weekend’ returns to Harborough next month. Harborough Market will be transformed into a theatre for performances by top comedians over the weekend of February 18th and 19th and events will be held at Harborough Theatre and Foxton Village Hall. The festival is celebrating its […]
It is hoped Springfield Street in Market Harborough will be fully re-opened to traffic by Friday afternoon. Cadent Gas have issued an update to HFM, after being forced to shut a section of the road yesterday following a gas leak. The closure has resulted in severe disruption for drivers, as Springfield Street is a key […]
Community groups are to meet to discuss how leisure centres in the district could better accommodate them. The event will be hosted by the District Council’s Liberal Democrat Group at Great Bowden Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday. Improvements to Harborough Leisure Centre and Lutterworth Sports Centre are planned as part of the Council’s new […]
Staff at East Midlands Ambulance Service are to stage four more strikes. GMB Union members will walk-out on the 6th and 20th of February and again on the same dates in March, as a dispute with the government over pay, jobs and conditions continues. Paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants and call handlers will join workers at […]
Companies are being invited to bid for a contract worth £24m to run Harborough’s leisure centres for the next 15 years. The District Council has launched a procurement exercise, with firms asked to tender for the contract by April. Once awarded next year it will pave the way for improvements at Harborough Leisure Centre worth […]
Traffic disruptions due to roadworks and vehicle issues meant bins were not emptied in several streets in Market Harborough and Little Bowden yesterday. It affected both black and green bin collections and residents are being asked to leave bins out for collection today, with crews due to return to the areas affected. Harborough District Council […]
There will be more disruption to train services from Market Harborough next month. Drivers will walk out on February 1st and 3rd after the rejection of pay offers, the Aslef and RMT unions have announced. Previous strikes by drivers has resulted in no services at all being run by East Midlands Railway, although the company […]
Emergency work to fix a gas leak has led to part of Springfield Street in Market Harborough being closed to traffic. The section between the Northampton Road junction and entrance to Sainsbury’s and the Springfield Retail Park is shut in both directions, with the closure to be in place for the next few days. Emergency […]
Foodbanks have been given a big boost after Market Harborough Building Society handed them funding totalling £100,000. Market Harborough’s Jubilee Foodbank and South Leicester Foodbank, which has a base in Kibworth, are two of the five in the region to receive a portion of the money. It will help the charitable groups cover their rising […]
