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Stars from Leicester Riders basketball team are in Market Harborough later this afternoon to give free coaching to youngsters aged 12 to 17. It is part of activities at Burford Green on Western Avenue from 3pm til 5pm, organised by the Harborough District Community Partnership, who will be hosting similar events elsewhere during the summer […]

Plans for a new care home in Kibworth Beauchamp have been rejected. Harborough District Council’s planning committee last night refused planning permission for the 72-bedroom facility, earmarked for Fleckney Road, adjacent to The Nurseries. Councillors ruled the plan went against the Kibworths’ Neighbourhood Plan and would have been overdevelopment in a countryside location. Over 60 […]

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has declared a major incident due to high demand across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The service says it will not be attending Automatic Fire alarms until further notice and is urging people to only call 999 if it’s an emergency. There have been a number of field fires across the […]

People enjoying the countryside are being urged to exercise extreme caution when discarding cigarettes and disposable barbecues during the current scorching weather. The National Farmers Union says the heatwave has turned rural areas into a tinderbox, just as farmers start harvesting and there are major concerns about how easily fires can start. The warning follows […]

Hospital bosses are seeking a Judicial Review after being awarded no money to cope with the influx of patients it says the building of 2,750 new homes near Lutterworth will bring. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has issued proceedings against Harborough District Council, after its application for just under a million pounds was […]

Leicestershire recorded its hottest ever day yesterday and temperatures could be even higher today. The Met Office say the highest temperature of 35.6°C was reached in Market Bosworth, beating the county’s previous record of 34.5°C There are further heath warnings for people to stay out of the sun today and  continued travel disruption, with many […]

There will be no garden waste collections in Market Harborough and Great Bowden tomorrow because of the extreme heat. Harborough District Council say bin crews will instead prioritise black and blue bin collections, so they can finish rounds earlier and avoid working during the hottest part of the day. Green bins due to be emptied […]

Dozens of people attended a protest meeting organised by campaigners opposed to a new ‘super prison’ being built near Market Harborough. Almost 100 residents went along to the Congregational Church On Friday evening. Campaigners are concerned about the impact the planned 1,700-inmate prison would have on the area. It is earmarked for land near HMP […]

People in Kibworth can find out tonight how work to electrify the railway will affect them. Network Rail is hosting an information event at the Old Grammar School Hall from 6.30pm til 7.30pm Overhead line equipment will be installed beside the railway line through the village, as the next phase of the multi-million pound project […]

Police are appealing for information after two deliberately started fires on farmland over the weekend. The first happened off Sutton Lane in Dingley between midnight and 1am on Saturday, when electrical cabling was set alight in a field – the fire spread to the fencing of sheep pens. The second fire saw an acre of […]