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A crash on Rockingham Road in Market Harborough caused delays during this morning’s rush-hour. It happened close to the railway bridge at around 7.45 and involved a car and a van. Police were called to the scene and say no-one was injured. The road was blocked for a time, but fully re-opened just before 9am.
If houseplants make you happy, then you could be in for a treat over the Bank Holiday weekend in Market Harborough! The Eco-village on St Mary’s Road is the venue for the Leaf Houseplant Festival 2021 – a new, two day event for those who enjoy cultivating plants on tables or window ledges at home. […]
This summer’s Download music festival at Leicestershire’s Donington Park will take place, despite having been called off in March. The three-day event is being resurrected in June as a government test event, to examine how Covid-19 transmission takes place in crowds. The capacity will be significantly reduced – down from 111,000 to just 10,000 – […]
Police arrested an illegal immigrant after stopping a car near Lutterworth last night. Officers say the man, aged 29, originally from Romania, should have been deported two years ago and had no driving licence or insurance. The car was stopped on Hunters Boulevard, Magna Park, after it activated an automatic number plate recognition system and […]
A new group is being created in Market Harborough to bring together charities, volunteers and others. The Market Harborough Partnership is aimed at building on the great community spirit seen during the pandemic. It is being launched by MP Neil O’Brien, with the vision of co-ordinating all the good work going on in the town. […]
Market Harborough’s Junior Parkrun returns this weekend – but things aren’t quite back to normal just yet. Whilst Parkrun UK has announced that its adult events won’t restart until June 26th, kids in Harborough can run, walk or skip around Welland Park again from this Sunday. However, for now, the weekly Junior Parkrun will be […]
A teenager stabbed to death in Corby last night has been named as Rayon Pennycook. The 16-year-old was attacked on Constable Road, on the Hazel Leys estate, at around 7pm. Police say despite the best efforts of paramedics, he died at the scene. Three boys, two aged 17 and one aged 15, were arrested on […]
The Covid-19 infection rate across Harborough dropped by 62% in a week, falling from 30.9 to 11.7 per 100,000 thousand people. Earlier this month a coronavirus outbreak at a school led to the District’s rate rising to amongst the highest in the country. Latest figures show it has fallen to below the England average of […]
Leicester City Council has said that government advice urging people not to travel into and out of Leicester was incorrect. The guidance had said people in the city, and 7 other parts of the country affected by the Indian covid variant, should also try to avoid meeting indoors. The clarification follows an urgent meeting between […]
A man has been released on bail after a lorry trailer full of make-up was stolen from an industrial estate in Lutterworth early yesterday. Police were alerted just after 2am, after a witness saw it being attached to a lorry cab in a secure compound on Bilton Way, which had been broken into. The lorry […]
