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A brave Market Harborough man is beginning an epic journey on B-roads by motorbike today – to raise money for charities which have helped him. 34-year-old Ben Johnson, who’s battling cancer, is taking the scenic route from John O’Groats to Lands End with fellow biker Wesley Butler – a distance of around 1,300 miles. He’s […]

With mental health issues becoming an increasing concern since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic last year, the leader of the opposition on Harborough District Council is urging members of the public to take part in a new consultation. The survey by ‘Step Up to Great Mental Health, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’ focuses on proposals […]

The Market Harborough Parkrun is restarting in Welland Park this Saturday – after an absence of almost eighteen months. Originally the 5k adult event was due to resume on 26th June – but got delayed when the Government put back its lifting of all remaining Coronavirus restrictions by one month. Nevertheless – as with the […]

Whilst the festive season may still be months away, work has already begun to create The Harborough Crochet Christmas Tree! When three members of a local Women’s Institute heard about a twenty foot tall Christmas tree in Trivento in Italy, made from crocheted “granny squares” on a large cone, they decided Market Harborough should have […]

With the easing of restrictions around COVID-19 meaning more people from the HFM area are heading off on holiday, local food banks have reported a worrying drop in donations. They say shelves in Market Harborough, Kibworth, Lutterworth and other South Leicestershire foodbanks are beginning to empty. At the same time, demand for them is starting […]

With the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics this Friday, July 23rd, excitement is mounting for a former Market Harborough schoolboy. Dylan Fletcher, who was a pupil at Robert Smyth Academy, is again representing Great Britain as part of our sailing team. This time he’s teamed up with old rival Stuart Bithell to ‘go for […]

Plans to convert an historic office building in Market Harborough town centre into eleven apartments have been given the go-ahead. The approved scheme for the Fisher German base at the top of the High Street, next to the Angel Hotel, also includes building ten mews style houses at the rear of existing site, which is […]

Residents in the Harborough District are assessing the damage to their property this morning after a severe thunderstorm hit the Kibworth area just after six o’clock yesterday evening (20th July). There were hailstones the size of golf balls accompanied by torrential rainfall. Major damage has been reported to cars, roofs and conservatories – with windows […]

After having to be put on hold because of the pandemic, ‘Friendship Lunches’ for elderly people re-start in Market Harborough next month. Care provider Home Instead will once again team up with The Royalist, Western Avenue to hold the monthly event, starting on August 11th. The get-togethers have proved a real success in helping to […]

A Market Harborough charity has been awarded nine thousand pounds from the National Lottery’s Community Fund so it can continue to provide vital help to people. Harborough Against Bullying expanded its remit last year in the wake of COVID-19 ‘lockdown’, to offer support to people suffering with mental health, domestic violence and bereavement. The money […]