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Volunteers who help keep Market Harborough and its surrounds clean and tidy are being offered extra support. Litter picking groups, often called ‘Wombles’, can apply for extra-long litter pickers to reach under bushes and hedgerows, hi-viz waistcoats and road signs to warn drivers they’re working ahead. Leicestershire County Council is behind the initiative, as a […]

Over 250,000 people have now had a Coronavirus vaccine in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Nearly 56,000 injections have been administered in the last seven days. Figures out today also show more than 168,000 jabs have been given in Northamptonshire. In Leicestershire, health teams have now started giving the vaccine to the over 65s. Anyone in […]

Appeals have been launched after dogs were stolen from two part of the Harborough District within 24 hours. A young black female Labrador was taken during the early hours of today (Friday) from a farm near Billesdon and five basset hounds were stolen after a break-in at a kennel in South Kilworth, between 5pm on […]

The Government is giving Police forces in the Hfm Region extra cash to bolster enforcement of Covid-19 rules. Leicestershire’s is getting £862,448 and Northamptonshire’s £553,233. The cash, a share of £58m of Home Office funding, being handed to forces nationwide, will help cover increased costs of workforce demands and also improvements to ensure Police buildings […]

A song has been created to support a Market Harborough charity’s Snowdrop Appeal. Local Singer/Songwriter Bob Renwick penned ‘Holding Up The Ones You Love’ to accompany the Home-Start Leicestershire initiative. The charity, which supports young families in need, hopes to raise £1,000 by the end of February, which will give ten families a month of […]

An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman accused of stealing items worth nearly £600 from Waitrose in Market Harborough. Maria Ghimpu, 49, of Raymond Close, Walsall, failed to attend Leicester Magistrates Court yesterday, to face a charge of theft. She was arrested by Police last month, after being stopped by security staff outside […]

Major work will begin next week to prepare for the electrification of the railway between Market Harborough and Kettering. Trees, shrubs and plants close to the tracks are to be removed, ahead of the installation of cables and gantries. The vegetation, within six and half metres of the railway, will be cleared on sections of […]

Leicestershire County Council has approved it budget, meaning a rise is in its share of council tax by 4.99% – the maximum permitted by government. It means residents in Band D homes across the Harborough will pay an extra £5.59 a month to the authority, which is responsible for things like roads and adult social […]

A Market Harborough candle maker has done something special to mark International Random Acts of Kindness Day. Verity Davis, owner of Seven Scents, placed gift bags containing candle tins on benches in the town and the Bowdens today, for strangers to pick-up. She came up with the wonderful gesture to spread a bit of kindness, […]

An off-road route between Market Harborough and Lubenham, created in memory of a teenager, has been officially recognised as a footpath. The inclusion on the Ordnance Survey map is a significant milestone for the family of Adam Mugridge, from Lubenham, who have been campaigning for the safe path, along the old railway line, since the […]