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Children visiting Welland Park in Market Harborough will soon have some brand new equipment to explore as work gets underway on an extension to the play area. Harborough District Council says the improvements will include a playhouse, an all-terrain vehicle and even musical flowers. The work is expected to take around two weeks, although the […]

A Market Harborough man who completed the London Marathon despite suffering an early injury is thanking people for their support after raising £10,000 for a cause close to his heart. Ben Jelley, who dyed his hair pink for the event in support of baby loss charity Tommy’s, ran in memory of his wife Charlotte, who […]

Scouts and other volunteers turned out in force to paint utility cabinets across Market Harborough. The work formed part of the ‘Clean Up, Colour Up’ project, which aims to brighten up neglected utility boxes around the town, many of which had become covered in graffiti tags. Virgin Media supplied the green paint used on its […]

Improvements are set to be carried out to the River Welland through Welland Park in Market Harborough. East Mercia Rivers Trust says the project will improve water flow during the summer months by tackling excessive weed growth and adding gravel and small structures within the river. It will also create better access points for education […]

Plans for more than 60 new homes across two Harborough villages have been given the green light despite opposition from villagers. Councillors last night granted outline permission for up to 30 houses on land off The Springs in Fleckney, and up to 35 homes on land off Station Road in North Kilworth. Residents had raised […]

A row has broken out over plans to deploy private street wardens in Market Harborough town centre to help tackle shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. The move is being proposed by Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews as part of a £2 million countywide scheme, which would run as an 18-month trial. Critics say the money […]

A Market Harborough man says winning £500,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has come at the perfect time for his family. Andrew Fanko scooped the life-changing sum on the ITV game show on Sunday. He and his wife Frankie both work as translators and have growing concerns about the impact of AI on […]

A man has been arrested following reports of disorderly behaviour at a pub in Desborough. Police were called to The George on High Street shortly after 8pm last night, with a number of officers attending the scene. A 46-year-old man from the town is being held on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

Police are appealing for help to identify a man following a sexual assault on a bus travelling from Leicester to Market Harborough. The incident happened on the Stagecoach X7 service just after 1pm on Friday 17th April, when a man sitting next to the victim is reported to have touched her on the breast several […]

Over 1,400 crocheted and knitted flowers are brightening up Harborough Market in a colourful community display this spring. The handcrafted flower garden installation has been created over the past four months by a team of more than 50 makers, led by Chloe Goode from the Craft-I-Trims stall. The display above the Market Café is raising […]