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The founder of Market Harborough-based clothing retailer Joules has been recognised in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List. Tom Joule been awarded an OBE for services to business. Tom founded Joules in 1989 in the fields of Great Britain when he began selling clothing on a stand at a country show in Leicestershire. The business […]

Police are appealing for information after an investigation found a major fire just outside Market Harborough was likely started deliberately. Damage totalling around £70,000 was caused after 400 wooden crates and vegetable plants went up in flames at Farndon Fields farm, off Lubenham Road, on Saturday night. The blaze also damaged the exterior of a […]

An investigation is underway after a large fire in an agricultural building just outside Market Harborough last night. Six fire crews from Leicestershire and Northamptonshire battled the blaze off Lubenham Road, between East Farndon and Lubenham. The fire service received numerous 999 calls to the area, which backs onto the Farndon Fields Estate, just before […]

Events are taking place across the Hfm Region to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Street parties are being held over the weekend, and there are a number of organised events, including: The Harborough Platinum Jubilee Weekend at Market Harborough Showground on Saturday and Sunday, with live music, loads of stalls and fireworks displays. Fundraising celebrations […]

Artwork by schoolchildren from across Harborough has gone on display to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The collection has been reproduced on pull-up banners and is on show at Harborough Market. Harborough District Council launched the Jubilee Art Project as one way to create a lasting legacy of Her Majesty’s 70-year reign. Pupils who have […]

A burner on a road re-surfacing lorry sparked a fire in Market Harborough yesterday. Workers were repairing potholes off Farndon Road when the blaze started and spread to a van which had gas bottles in the back. The fire also damaged the fascia and cladding of a near-by business unit. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire […]

Signs wrongly state Rockingham Road in Market Harborough will be closed to traffic next week. There will be temporary traffic lights in operation, but no full closure as detailed on signs either side of the railway bridge. Network Rail will be carrying out drainage and investigation work and says its teams are looking into the […]

A number of weapons were handed in at Market Harborough Police Station during a two-week firearms amnesty Two shot guns, an air rifle, air pistol, decommissioned rifle and five rounds of ammunition were surrendered. Officers asked people to hand over any illegal, unwanted and unlicensed firearms to avoid the risk of them becoming involved in […]

There are calls for urgent action to deal with damage to a footbridge in Market Harborough. Part of the wooden structure has collapsed, with a large hole posing a risk to pedestrians and cyclists who use the bridge off Rockingham Road, opposite the railway station. Cllr Peter James, ward councillor for Little Bowden, is calling […]