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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked and threatened with a machete during an attempted robbery in Desborough. The 19-year-old was waiting at a bus stop on Braybrooke Road when two men on e-scooters demanded he hand over his wallet and phone. When he refused one of them punched him in the […]

New space is being created for community-led events in Market Harborough, thanks to a grant of £9,000 It has been handed to the Eco Village on St Mary’s Road by the Severn Trent Water Community fund. Plans are now afoot to host small events and workshops with a ‘sustainable’ theme, including for a Community Garden […]

Delayed decisions on two key planning applications for Market Harborough will be considered next week. Harborough District Council’s planning committee was put on hold earlier this month, after the government announced all council meetings must be held in person again, instead of ‘virtually’ on-line, which has been the case during the pandemic. Councillors will now […]

A Market Harborough care worker will soon be flying high to raise cash for a local charity – in memory of a friend she lost due to mental health. Chelsea Potts, who works at Peaker Park, will be doing a sponsored tandem skydive from 15,000 feet on June 17th in aid of MIND Map. She […]

Three-quarters of adults living in the Harborough District have now had a Coronavirus vaccine and nearly half have had two jabs. The new milestone was reached over the weekend, after an extra 1,700 vaccines were given. Latest figures from Public Health England show over 98,500 jabs have been administered in the District since December, with […]

A man has been arrested after a lorry trailer full of make-up was stolen from an industrial estate in Lutterworth early this morning. 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 was […]

Market Harborough’s popular Antiques Market will return this Sunday. Harborough District Council has given the go-ahead for the event to be held at the indoor market on Northampton Road. It’s been on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic but will restart with COVID safety precautions. Social distancing measures, including a one-in, one-out system on entry, […]

A beloved pet dog has been found safe and well after being stolen from near Billesdon over three months ago. Purdey, a female black Labrador, was reunited with her ecstatic owner yesterday. She had been left devastated after the dog, which had helped her to recover from cancer by giving her ‘purpose’ and ‘something to […]

A Harborough-based national reforestation charity – which aims to plant one million trees over the next five years – is encouraging us all to join “Live Net Zero Day” this Saturday, 22nd May 2021. The Greener Earth Project is challenging everyone to reduce their personal and household emissions for 24 hours by trying out different […]