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Severn Trent Water say repairs to burst pipe on the A6 near Market Harborough are now complete and work to re-instate the road is underway. They were alerted to the problem yesterday, close to turn for Foxton, near the McDonald’s roundabout, but say no supplies were affected. Temporary traffic lights remain in place until the […]

Planning permission has been granted to redevelop the former Enigma Nightclub in Market Harborough. Harborough District Council has approved the plan to turn it into three apartments and a ten-bed shared house, or HMO – a house in multiple-occupation. The Enigma Café Bar and Restaurant will be unaffected by the plan for the upper floors […]

For the first time in recent weeks, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the Harborough District has dropped – by nearly a quarter. Latest figures show there were 327 confirmed cases in the seven day to yesterday – 103 less than the previous week. The infection rate per 100,000 people now stands […]

Harborough District Council has clarified play areas and skate parks remain open during the lockdown, in-line with national guidance. Signs have gone up encouraging people to respect social distancing, keep to household bubbles and practise good hygiene, like using personal hand sanitisers. Council officers are also patrolling the sites, to ensure they are being correctly. […]

Police say they won’t hesitate to issue fines to people found breaching Covid-19 restrictions in and around Market Harborough. 26 of the £200 fixed penalty notices have been handed out in Leicestershire since the current lockdown came into force, including one issued in the Harborough District over the weekend. Since the start of the pandemic, […]

Sainsbury’s has responded after its store in Market Harborough ran out of nearly all supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables on Saturday. The supermarket says it was due to an ‘operational issue’, meaning deliveries were delayed. A spokesman told Hfm: “Due to an operational issue at one of our depots, deliveries of fruit and vegetables […]

NHS bosses are looking into the possibility of reopening the Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth for use as a Covid-19 vaccination hub. MP for South Leicestershire, Alberto Costa, has secured the commitment after the ageing community hospital was temporarily closed in May, because it could not be safely adapted to be Covid-19 secure for patients. […]

Over 1,600 people had a Covid-19 vaccination during a three-day clinic at Market Harborough Medical Centre. Just under 1,000 had their second and final Pfizer jab on Friday and Saturday and others were given their first dose yesterday. The majority of the injections were given to people aged 80 and over, which is the first […]

Fraudsters are targeting people with fake messages about the coronavirus vaccine. Police and NHS bosses in the Hfm region have today issued a warning about the phone calls and text messages, which tell people they are eligible to apply for a jab. The bogus texts contain a link to a fake NHS website, that asks […]

Market Harborough-based Joules says it could potentially lose up to £18m in revenue if the current Covid-19 lockdown continues until April. Shutting stores temporarily and the cancellation of country shows will have a big impact on the clothing giant, although on-line sales were up 66% in the run-up to Christmas. In an update to the […]