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Improvements are to be made to a car park in Market Harborough which is prone to flooding. New signage with clear warnings will be erected at the site off Rockingham Road and river level sensor technology is set to be installed, to provide an early warning of flood situations. Cars have been left submerged on […]

A man is being treated in hospital after a lorry overturned near Lamport yesterday afternoon. The 29-year-old driver was freed from the cab by fire crews, before being taken to University Hospital Coventry by Air Ambulance. Emergency services were called to Rothwell Road at 2.10pm, after the Scania HGV left the road and ended up […]

A man who crashed his car into a newly built house in Desborough – causing damage totalling over £78,000 – has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Simba Chimba, a nurse, lost control of his Mercedes on Dunkirk Avenue in the early hours of May 13th last year. He suffered minor injuries and no-one in […]

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after crashing into a field near Foxton. Emergency services were called to Gallow Field Road at 12.20pm today. Police say the male rider briefly lost consciousness when he was unseated and the bike landed on him in the wheat field. He was taken to hospital with injuries described […]

The Great Glen Wheelbarrow Race has been cancelled for a second year. Organisers of the annual fundraiser for Leicestershire’s Loros Hospice say there is not enough time to plan the event safely, with final lockdown restrictions not due to be lifted until later this month. They also say the impact that the pandemic has had […]

The Hygiene Bank in Market Harborough is appealing for donations of toiletries and household products during national Hygiene Week. Volunteers work with nine partner organisations to support people and families struggling to afford basic items, like deodorant and toothpaste. There are donation points in shops in Market Harborough and at a number of pop-up locations […]

New accommodation for people made homeless is set to be created in Market Harborough town centre. Harborough District Council has bought a property at the bottom on Roman Way, which, subject to planning permission, will be demolished to make-way for the new building. It would contain eight en-suite rooms and a shared kitchen, to serve […]

Market Harborough’s former Ambulance Station has been demolished as work starts to build a new luxury care home on the site. The 76-bedroom facility will be constructed behind the St Luke’s Treatment Centre off Leicester Road and is set to be completed in early 2023. East Midlands Ambulance Service sold the base and surrounding land […]

NHS workers across Harborough are being thanked for their contribution to the country on its 73rd birthday. There is also praise for volunteers who have supported the service during the pandemic, including at vaccination clinics. A special thanksgiving event was held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London today and the Queen’s also awarded the George […]

Great Bowden Music Fest returns later this week and tickets are selling fast! Musicians will stage six concerts at the St Peter and St Paul’s Church between Thursday and Sunday. The pandemic forced the event to go on-line in 2020 and despite audience numbers being limited this year, so it can be held a Covid-safe […]