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People power has forced a re-think over plans to close a popular family-run café at Foxton Locks. The Canal and River Trust, who own the site, has put the move on hold, so talks can be held with the owner of the Top Lock Coffee Stop. It comes after over 2,200 people signed a petition […]

The major expansion of a Market Harborough business park is a step closer, after funding totalling £9.5m was approved. Leicestershire County Council will now submit a planning application for the development, which has the potential to create hundreds of jobs. 34 new commercial units will be built at Airfield Business Park, off the B6047 Harborough […]

Cases of coronavirus in the Harborough District have dropped to the lowest level for six months. Public Health England figures show 37 new cases were reported in the seven days to yesterday – 23 fewer than the previous week – and the lowest number since September. Three new positive tests were recorded yesterday, which is […]

A car thief who left a woman injured and rammed a Police patrol car has been jailed for three years. Alex Lundy, 45, ran over her foot when she disturbed him stealing her Audi in Cold Ashby on February the 26th, and forced a Police officer to jump out of the way when he accelerated […]

Market Harborough’s independent traders are giving children something fun to do during the Easter holidays. They have set-up an Easter Bunny Hunt, with youngsters challenged to find bunnies and Easter shapes, hidden in 27 shop and business windows across the town, and Harborough Market. The Harbs Collective, which champions the town’s independent businesses, is behind […]

A music teacher from Thurnby has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl more than 10 years ago and Police fear he may have attacked other girls, who have not yet come forward. Christopher Dunn, 45, from Pulford Drive, assaulted the student at the music school where he taught between 2004 and 2007. He […]

Over 1,800 people are backing a campaign to save a popular family-run café at Foxton Locks. Top Lock Coffee Stop has been open for the past 15 years, but the Canal and River Trust, who own the site, won’t be renewing the lease on the premises after October, as it wants to run its own […]

Harborough Police are urging youngsters to be mindful lockdown rules still prevent large gatherings. ‘Multiple calls’ were made by concerned members of the public, about large groups at Little Bowden Recreation Ground on Saturday night. When officers arrived the youths fled. Police say they will continue to visit the park as part of regular, routine […]

Police say a man escaped serious injury after his car crashed into a ditch and collided with a tree in Rushton this morning. They were called to Station Road, together with a fire crew from Desborough and the Air Ambulance just after 8.15am. The driver was released from the wreckage of the Ford Fiesta and […]