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Market Harborough’s former Angel Hotel is set to become a new base for Brooke House College‘s catering facilities. It will be used to provide meals for students and staff if a plan is approved, following the closure of the historic hotel a year ago. 42 boarding students would also reside there, together with three live-in […]

Fraudsters are using the Leicestershire Police phone number in an elaborate cold call scam. Four people have fallen victim to it in the last week, handing over a total of £18,000. They have first received a call from someone claiming to work for HMRC, saying personal information needs to be passed to Police. A further […]

It’s thought dog thieves are leaving marks in ultra violet paint to identify potential targets, after several were found on house walls and gates in Hallaton. A dog was stolen in the village last week and Police say the link with the markings, which show up at night, appears ‘very credible.’ Harborough and Lutterworth Police […]

Schools across the Hfm Region have re-opened today after nearly two months of being shut to most pupils. It’s one of the first steps in the government’s timetable to ease restrictions. There is a phased return to the classroom for pupils at most schools this week, including Welland Park Academy and Robert Smyth Academy in […]

Nearly half of people living in the Harborough District have had a Coronavirus vaccine. Just over 34,100 have had one jab since December – about 43% of the area’s population. An additional 4,500 were been immunised in the week to February 28th and over 10,000 people in Market Harborough, Lubenham and the Bowdens have now […]

It is a year since the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in the Harborough District. Since then 159 people have sadly died, after testing positive, including 50 people living in care homes. To date there have been 4,847 cases across Harborough. The first case in the District was just the second in Leicestershire, after […]

The Hallaton Bottle Kicking has been cancelled for the second year running because of the pandemic. Organisers of the traditional Easter Monday event say it would be impossible to hold it in a Covid-safe way. They say their priority is always the health and safety of the people of Hallaton and Medbourne, as wellas the […]

A dog is back with its owners after being found by Police within two hours of being stolen from a farm in Hallaton. The Springer Spaniel, named Lupin, was taken at around 10.15pm on Tuesday and found safe and well just after midnight, in the back of a vehicle over 50 miles away, near Newark […]

Two Year Eleven students at Robert Smyth Academy have launched a fundraising drive so they can hold a Covid-safe end-of-year Prom. Martha Burton and Florrie Spies, both aged 15, are hoping to raise £6,000 via the on-line appeal, to cover costs including getting a large open-sided marquee erected on the school field. They hope the […]