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Coventry Road in Market Harborough town has re-opened to traffic after being shut for three days. An emergency road closure was put in place on the stretch between The Square and Commons Car Park was closed on Tuesday morning. Severn Trent Water needed to carry out urgent repairs to a leaking water pipe outside the […]

Ten new electric car charging points have been switched on in Market Harborough town centre. They have been installed in the Doddridge Road, St Mary’s West and Angel Street car parks. The charge points have been installed, in partnership with EB Charging, after Harborough District Council was successful in securing Government funding to assist residents […]

Flowers in new wooden planters in Market Harborough are set to thrive for this year’s entry into the East Midlands In Bloom. They have replaced some of the aging blue planters in the town centre after Harborough District Council provided funding for them. The town’s In Bloom volunteers are working hard to ensure floral displays […]

Police are appealing for two motorists to contact them after a motorcyclist died in a crash near Lutterworth on Tuesday morning. Officers say the drivers of a metallic red Mercedes A-Class hatchback and a dark-coloured Volkswagen Tiguan could be key witnesses to the collision, which happened on Peatling Road near Peatling Parva, just before 9am. The […]

People can no longer use Market Harborough tip on Thursday and Fridays. The Household Waste and Recycling facility on Riverside has been available every day for the last six months, but from today the five-day a week opening has been reinstated. The extended opening was made to compensate for the closure of Kibworth Tip, which […]

Preparation work has begun ahead of construction of a new Sainsbury’s store in Desborough. Contractors have moved onto the site off Harborough Road, adjacent to the BP Petrol Station. Building work is due to start within the next few weeks, with the new store set to open in spring 2023, creating 40 jobs. Residents have […]

Over 120 refugees who have fled the war in Ukraine are now staying with families across Harborough and more are set to arrive soon. 122 adults and children have arrived in the District since the conflict began, with a further 81 due to travel here within the next few weeks, after being matched with households. […]

Harborough’s rail users are bracing themselves for three days of disruption later this month. The RMT Union has confirmed its members at East Midlands Railway will join what would be the biggest strike since the 1980s. They are due to walk-out on June 21st, 23rd and 25th in a row about pay, jobs and pensions. Staff […]

Market Harborough’s historic St John Ambulance Station is set to be sold at auction next week. The iconic building on Abbey Street was put up for sale earlier this year, having been the charity’s base in the town for nearly 100 years. Bids are expected to start at £270,000 when the premises is put under […]

A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a car near Lutterworth. The man, aged in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on Peatling Road, near Peatling Parva. Police say his black Royal Enfield motorcycle was involved in collision with a red Volvo XC40 just before 9am. An appeal for […]