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The Coronavirus vaccine roll-out across Harborough has reached a new milestone, as over 45,000 people have now had a jab. Latest Public Health England figures show a further 4,419 people were vaccinated in the week to March the 21st, with 55 % of adults in the District now having one dose. Over 18,500 people aged […]

A Market Harborough firm is hosting an on-line ‘Bonkers Bake Off’ and charity auction tonight, to raise money for Leicestershire’s Loros Hospice. Welcomm Communications has teamed up with freight firm Trucklink EU to support the Leicestershire charity, whose funds have been hit hard by the pandemic. Business bosses and former Leicester Tigers and England player […]

Anybody will be able to get a Coronavirus test in Market Harborough from next week. The town’s Rapid Test Centre is being opened up to all, to coincide with lockdown restrictions starting to ease, meaning anyone without symptoms can book a slot to visit the facility in the bowls hall at Harborough Leisure Centre, for […]

Trees wrecked by vandals at Little Bowden Recreation Ground will be replaced with ones donated by Coles Nurseries in Thurnby. Staff contacted Harborough District Council with the generous offer, after hearing about the mindless damage last weekend. Seven newly-planted trees were snapped in half late on Saturday or early on Monday morning. Vince Edwards from […]

Harborough’s MP is one of nine UK citizens hit with sanctions by China – in a growing international row over human rights. It says the individuals, including Neil O’Brien, a member of the government’s China Research Group, have spread “lies and disinformation” about the country. The move comes in retaliation for measures taken by the […]

A man has been treated in hospital for ‘minor injuries’ after a crash involving a lorry and two cars near Husbands Bosworth. Police were called to the A4304 Theddingworth Road at 10.10am. Nobody else was hurt in the collision, although the road was closed towards Market Harborough, as the lorry was blocking the carriageway. It […]

The District Council has been handed £160,000 to support the reopening of Leisure Centres in Market Harborough, Lutterworth and Broughton Astley. The money has come from the government’s National Leisure Recovery Fund, to support venues which have been badly hit financially due to enforced closures because of the coronavirus lockdown. The centres are due to […]

A prankster who unplugged traffic lights in Little Bowden was filmed on CCTV. The footage has been handed to Police, after the temporary signals by the railway bridge on Kettering Road were disconnected early on Saturday. Highway bosses say the person responsible, who had to scale a eight-foot high pole, put people in danger. Harborough […]

Market Harborough’s Santander is not included in a list of 111 branches to be closed across the country. The High Street bank is not affected by today’s announcement, which will see seven branches shutting across Leicester and Leicestershire by the end of August, including in Oadby. Bosses say there will be no compulsory redundancies, and […]

Great Crested Newts are to be given extra protection during work to electrify the railway to Market Harborough. Network Rail has pledged new habitats will be created for the rare amphibians, where the work disrupts their existing homes. The engineering firm, which began vegetation clearance near the tracks through Market Harborough last month, is one […]