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Another Job Fair is to be held in Market Harborough following the success of the first one earlier this year. 20 employers from a variety of sectors will be showcasing their vacancies at the Symington Building on Adam and Eve Street next Thursday. (July 28th). Harborough District Council is working in partnership with Job Centre […]
Plans have been announced to open a McDonalds Restaurant on the edge of Lutterworth, A Costa Coffee shop would also be built on the site off Coventry Road, near the roundabout with the A4303. 80 jobs would be created by the development, with both venues operating drive-thru facilities. A planning application to build on the […]
It is set to be the hottest day ever with temperatures across the HFM region set to reach 37°C today. A Red Warning for extreme heat is in place for the first time, meaning conditions could even pose a risk to fit and healthy people. Mike Sandys, Director of Public Health for Leicestershire, has this […]
Market Harborough tip is set to be extra busy over the next few days after the site Lutterworth was closed due to staff shortages. People who would usually use the household waste and recycling in Lutterworth will be visiting alternative sites, as it is closed today, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. Leicestershire County Council say illness, […]
The go-ahead has been given for a Market Harborough school to create dedicated space for youngsters with additional educational needs. Robert Smyth Academy has been granted planning permission to build the Communication and Interaction Resource Base in the school grounds on Burnmill Road. It will enable 15 children with conditions like autism to enroll at […]
Temperatures across the HFM region are set to soar to 37°C on Monday and Tuesday. A national emergency has been declared by the UK Health Security Agency, which has raised its heat health warning to level 4 – which means the weather could even pose a risk to fit and healthy people. The Met Office has […]
Harborough’s MP has voiced his opposition to a new prison being built near Market Harborough in the House of Commons. Neil O’Brien MP addressed Leader of the House, Mark Spencer Neil O’Brien spoke after the Ministry of Justice challenged Harborough District Council’s decision to refuse permission for the 1700-inmate jail going up on land near […]
A Market Harborough charity that supports young families has been awarded £240,000 to launch a new project. Home-Start South Leicestershire will use the grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to run ‘Play-Full Families’ over the next three years. Staff will team up with six primary schools to help families of children who have faced […]
More strike action has been announced which will disrupt train services from Market Harborough. RMT union members at East Midlands Railway will walk out on Thursday August 18th and Saturday August 20th, in a row over pay, jobs and conditions. The dates are in addition to strike action on Wednesday July 27th, which was announced […]
An inquest jury has concluded a plane crash which claimed the life of a Market Harborough man was an accident. Tom Castle died along with experienced aerobatics pilot Emily Collett, when the biplane came down in Oxfordshire in August 2019. Mr Castle, aged 30, had taken up an aerobatics scholarship and was described as an […]
