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Plans for a new business park on the outskirts of Market Harborough have been withdrawn. They were lodged with Harborough District Council last month, with a mix of six office, business and warehouse units included in the scheme for land off Leicester Road, stretching towards the canal, plus space for the relocation of a town-based […]

People in Market Harborough are being invited to take part in a socially-distanced Big Brekkie event, to mark Christian Aid week. Because of Covid restrictions, no door-to-door street collections could place this year. Instead, for a minimum donation of £5, you’ll get a bag of breakfast goodies delivered to your door tomorrow, and then tuck […]

A mechanical fault caused a fire which severely damaged a tractor in Tugby last night. Fire crews from Billesdon and Uppingham were called to a field off Hallaton Road at 6.45pm. The tractor was being used to plough a field at the time. No-body was injured and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say a fault […]

Police have charged two 15-year-old boys after a man was stabbed in Fleckney last summer. The victim was airlifted to hospital following the attack in the Edward Road play park on August 20th. Both boys, who can’t be named for legal reasons, are charged with wounding with intent to cause actual bodily harm. One is […]

A Market Harborough man has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years for stabbing another man in the knee and threatening him with an imitation gun. Jonathan Hickingbottom, 27, burst into the victim’s flat at Riverside Court on Farndon Road, armed with a large knife, after believing he had sent a text message to his partner. When inside, […]

A Market Harborough first-aider who dedicates much of his spare to time to helping others has launched a fundraising drive to buy a defibrillator. St John Ambulance volunteer Jack Hood-Deeks works in the town centre on Friday and Saturday evenings and also provides assistance to East Midlands Ambulance Service, by responding to life-threatening calls, like […]

A Market Harborough healthcare worker has been recognised by the University of Northampton for her outstanding work in mentoring students. Suzanne Lambert, a Community Occupational Therapist based at St Luke’s Treatment Centre, has been handed the Practice Educator of Year award, for going above and beyond during work placements. One unnamed student put Suzanne’s name […]

Fire crews have been dealing with a blaze involving a lorry carrying coal on the A47 near Tugby. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service received numerous calls about the fire on Uppingham Road, just after 11am. A spokesperson told Hfm: “One appliance was mobilised from Oakham station and another from Eastern station. On arrival, it was […]

The Coronavirus infection rate across Harborough has jumped to one of the highest in England, after a Covid outbreak at a school. The district is now ranked 13th in a list of 315 areas, after 45 new cases were recorded in a week, which has seen the infection rate in the District rise to 48 […]