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Two people arrested after a man was stabbed in Market Harborough have had their Police bail extended for a second time. A man aged 18 and boy aged 16, both from Kettering, were questioned on suspicion of wounding with intent, after a 21-year old-man was attacked in the Britannia Walk area on the evening of […]
Opposition is mounting to plans to create new apartments in Market Harborough town centre, which threatens the future of a café bar and charity’s base. In just a few days, 57 people have lodged objections with Harborough District Council, mostly centred on the potential loss of popular independent hospitality venue Louisa’s Place. The proposal for […]
Ridgeway Primary Academy is Market Harborough is celebrating being rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. It follows a two-day visit by inspectors in September, who said pupils ‘learn a lot’ and ‘go to school with a spring in their step’. The school, which is a member of Learn Academies Trust, has also been praised for pupils’ […]
A burglar who broke into a Market Harborough shop has been ordered to pay the store compensation totalling £762 – the value of the perfume he stole. Thomas Gaffney has also been handed an 18-week prison sentence, suspended for a year, by Leicester Magistrates’. The 47-year-old, of Landseer Court, Corby, admitted burgling Savers on the […]
A design and advertising agency in Market Harborough has picked up two top awards. Curious Agency has been named Best International Brand Agency 2021 and won the Advertising Customer Service Excellence title at the Midlands Enterprise Awards. The company, which says it is delighted to receive the accolades, recruits from local universities to give young […]
Great Glen’s Engelbert Humperdinck has announced the last-minute cancellation of his UK tour due to illness. The 85-year-old was due to return to the city to perform at De Montfort Hall in Leicester later this month, as part of the long-awaited tour across 14 cities. But in an announcement to fans, the star revealed he […]
Traders in Market Harborough have expressed disappointment there will be no free parking in Market Harborough on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. Harborough District Council has waived charges on Saturdays during December for the past six years, to support the ‘shop local’ campaign, but says it is unable to this year due to ‘the […]
A man has died after it is believed he fell ill at the wheel and crashed off the A4304 between Market Harborough and Lubenham. The car he was driving left the road and came to rest in the car park of Archway Health and Wellbeing Centre, at Lubenham Hill. Police say the driver was pronounced […]
A maroon will be fired in Market Harborough’s Memorial Gardens at 11am to mark the start and end of a two minutes silence for Armistice Day. The town’s Royal British Legion has had to scale back its usual tributes because of the pandemic, but will hold a small ceremony by the entrance to the gardens […]
A driver was taken to hospital after a hit and run crash in Broughton Astley this morning. Two cars were involved in collision on Cosby Road just before 6am, with the driver of one failing to stop at the scene. Emergency services, including the fire service attended the scene and Police say the driver’s injuries […]
