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There is reassurance supplies of the new Covid-19 vaccine are coming to Leicestershire, after the county’s hospitals were not on the list of the first 50 in the country to get them. NHS England say stocks of the Pfizer-BionTech jab, which started to be administered for the first time today, will be delivered to hospitals […]

The Learn Academies Trust, responsible for 11 primary schools in and around Market Harborough, has been awarded funding of £200,000 from the government. It will be used to help boost support for pupils with disabilities and special educational needs and make other improvements including upgrading IT infrastructure. The grant has come from a fund given […]

The Harborough Band is bringing festive cheer to shoppers in the town centre by playing carols in St Mary’s place on weekends in the run-up to Christmas. The band, which is unable to visit streets in the run-up to Christmas, is thanking people for their support this weekend and is urging people to continue to […]

Leicestershire Police issued over 123 fines for breaches of Covid-19 rules during the second lockdown. Four of the maximum £10,000 fines were issued after house parties took place in Leicester and Hinckley. Some of the lesser fixed penalty notices were issued in the Harborough District, mainly to people from different households gathering in groups who […]

Some people paid to park in Market Harborough on Saturday, when it was actually free. There were no signs in car parks, or displayed on payment machines, telling drivers that charges are suspended on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas, to encourage people to ‘shop local.’ Harborough District Council has apologised and is to refund […]

Vandals have ruined the spirit of Christmas by cutting wires to festive lights outside houses in Market Harborough and trashing decorations. They struck in the early hours of yesterday in streets off Coventry Road. The mindless acts of destruction also included wreaths being taken off doors and wrecked, miniature Christmas trees and other plants ripped […]

Leicestershire’s hospitals are not included in a list of places where the first Covid-19 vaccines will be given. The Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals including St Luke’s in Market Harborough, was initially named as being one of 53 hubs last week, but has been removed after the list was reduced to 50 […]

Police say no-one was injured after a car overturned on the A4304 in Husbands Bosworth this afternoon. Officers were called just before 3.45pm and say the occupants had been able to get out. No other vehicles were involved. The road was partially blocked until the vehicle was recovered, leading to long queues in both directions, […]

Police have donated dozens of toys and books to the Hfm-backed Toys On The Table Christmas appeal. Money totalling £178, donated by officers and staff at Market Harborough and Wigston police stations, was used to buy them and some donated extra toys themselves. They were delivered today to Harborough Market, the drop-off point for the […]

There is free parking in Market Harborough tomorrow, as people are encouraged to do their Christmas shopping in the town centre. It is the first weekend since ‘non-essential’ retailers reopened following lockdown and Harborough District Council is waiving charges on the next three Saturdays in a bid to help them. Tomorrow is also Small Business […]