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Drivers in Market Harborough are being warned of road closures on key routes from this weekend. Welland Park Road will be closed outside Welland Park Academy from 8am Saturday until 4pm Sunday for work by Severn Trent Water. Gores Lane will be shut for five days from Wednesday, February 25th, between Hartland Drive and Chatsworth […]

Police say no one was injured after a driver crashed into the front of the library in Desborough this afternoon. Officers were called to the High Street building shortly before 2.30pm and remain at the scene. It is understood no major damage was caused to the premises. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said they received […]

Emergency repairs have been made in Rothwell after two elderly people fell on a zebra crossing due to a large pothole and loose cobblestones. The latest incident on Bell Hill involved a partially-sighted man in his 80s, who tripped into other pedestrians. Fortunately, no one was injured. Vehicles hitting the loose stones had also sent […]

A long-standing charity shop in Market Harborough is set to close as part of a nationwide shake-up by Cancer Research UK. The Coventry Road store is among 200 outlets the charity plans to shut over the next two years, citing rising costs and changing shopping habits. The closures are expected to save £12.4 million over […]

A new memorial bench has been unveiled in Market Harborough to celebrate the life of a much-loved street cleaner. Billy Kimpton, who died last October aged 73, spent three decades caring for the town’s streets and was widely remembered for his cheerful and positive nature. Featuring a special commemorative plaque, “Billy’s Bench” has been placed […]

The family of a Market Harborough teenager who died in hospital say they are “devastated” that an NHS trust was fined for a lack of transparency — but not for failures in her care. Chloe Longster died from pneumonia and sepsis in November 2022 aged 13, a day after being admitted to Kettering General Hospital. In […]

Plans for an illuminated sculpture in Market Harborough’s Friendship Park have moved forward after planning permission was approved. The three-metre-tall steel artwork, set to be installed later this year, will display friendship-themed words and phrases, projected onto the park’s paths after dark. Some councillors raised concerns about the project, with Cllr Simon Whelband, leader of […]

The Air Ambulance Service has unveiled plans to build a new £14 million base near Catthorpe in the Harborough district. The charity, which serves Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, needs to relocate from Coventry Airport, where it has been based for more than 20 years, as the site is set to close for redevelopment. The project will […]

Emergency services attended three separate collisions on the A427 between Market Harborough and Corby this morning. All the incidents occurred near Stoke Albany, with one vehicle leaving the carriageway and ending up in a ditch. Police said no one was injured, though icy conditions and a possible oil spill were reported. Two fire crews also […]

Residents have raised objections to plans to make Clarence Street in Market Harborough one-way to try to reduce congestion. The proposals would see traffic flow northbound toward Albert Road, though some people argue it should go the other way, warning it could increase congestion at the Fernie Road/Great Bowden Road and Rockingham Road junction. Nine […]