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Emergency services are dealing with a crash on Coventry Road in Market Harborough. Police say the collision involves a car and motorcycle and happened at around 12.30pm. Officers were called to the scene near the Farndon Road junction by East Midlands Ambulance Service. Coventry Road is closed to traffic between the Welland Park Road and […]

A by-election is likely to be held in Market Harborough following the resignation of a councillor. Liberal Democrat Dominic Fosker has quit his seat in Logan ward after moving to Surrey. It leaves a vacancy for a councillor and if two electors make a request in writing to Harborough District Council, an election will be […]

The controversial redevelopment of an elderly people’s housing site in Market Harborough is set start in December. Platform Housing Group will build 38 affordable homes at Naseby Square on the southern estate, in a project worth £6m. The go-ahead for the scheme was given last year, despite major opposition, including over 800 people signing petitions […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after two people died following a head-on crash on the A427 near Brampton Ash yesterday. A blue Vauxhall Agila car was involved in collision with a blue Renault Master van on Harborough Road just after 12.30pm. The passenger in the car, a woman aged in her 80s, was pronounced dead […]

A Market Harborough councillor who moved to Surrey has resigned. Liberal Democrat Dominic Fosker has stepped down as one of the Harborough District Council members for Logan ward in the town. He last week rejected calls by the ruling Conservative group to quit, but says a campaign urging him to resign has caused a great […]

Leicestershire County Council is warning of potential cuts to services including highways maintenance, waste sites and bus routes it supports. It is having to draw-up new proposals to save millions of pounds due to surging inflation and other national and global factors, which have seen its costs rocket. Previously the council calculated there would be […]

A serious crash has closed the A427 between Market Harborough and Corby Northants Police say the collision happened near Brampton Ash just after 12.30pm, and involved a number of vehicles. The fire service and East Midlands Ambulance Service and Air Ambulance were also sent to the scene. The road is expected to remain closed for […]

Leicestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner wants to get tougher on the illegal use of E-Scooters on roads and pavements across Harborough. There have been over 900 crashes involving them nationwide in the past year and earlier this month a woman in Nottinghamshire died when she was hit by one on a pavement. It is illegal […]

A public inquiry to decide if a massive new prison can be built on the outskirts of Market Harborough will take place in October. The announcement comes after the Ministry of Justice appealed Harborough District Council’s decision to refuse permission for the ‘Super jail’ being built on land near Gartree prison. The five-day hearing will […]

A Market Harborough family who welcomed Ukrainian refugees into their home say the support they are receiving from the community is fantastic. Teteana Konieva and her 19-year-old daughter Daryna fled their home in the southern city of Nicolaev when Russia invaded the country. They are staying with the Rivers family in Market Harborough, who signed […]