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Spot checks have begun at businesses across Harborough to ensure they are complying with Covid-19 guidelines. Unannounced visits are taking place at firms of all sizes and in all sectors. Harborough District Council officers have teamed up with the Health and Safety Executive for the checks. Common issues being found during inspections elsewhere have included […]

A young opera singer from Market Harborough has launched a lock-down choir. Olivia Slatter, 22, worked with the town’s Brickwork Studios to secure £5,000 of National Lottery funding to set it up, to boost people’s mental health during the Cornavirus pandemic and bring singers together, who can’t rehearse in person, due to restrictions. In just […]

No-one was injured after two cars crashed on Coventry Road in Market Harborough earlier. Police were called to the collision outside the Medical Centre at 8.30am, which involved a Ford estate and Kia. Officer remained on the scene directing traffic until the arrival of a recovery service, as one of the cars was partially blocking […]

A flytipper has been fined £400 after being caught red-handed by a Police helicopter crew. The chopper, based at Husbands Bosworth, was returning from call-out when they spotted a man dumping bags of rubbish in a lay-by on the A47 near Tugby, and then driving off. It followed his car for 20 miles before officers […]

A re-organised drive-in fireworks display will go-ahead in Market Harborough next weekend. The event at the showground was postponed last month due to lockdown restrictions and will now take place on Saturday, December 12th. Organisers have confirmed it can be held in-line with the Tier 3 restrictions and people who still have tickets can use […]

Revised plans have been handed in to transform a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough. Developers have amended their proposed scheme for flats on the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road, reducing the number from 79 to 70, with basement parking. They also want to convert the historic former flour mill on the […]

Police say it is ‘very disappointing’ drivers of 42 lorries and goods vehicles were caught speeding on a dangerous stretch of the A14. One light good vehicle was clocked at 91mph on the eastbound carriageway near Welford, during the first of new safety camera checks – the legal limit for lorries and goods vehicles is […]

There has been a big drop in new cases of Coronavirus across the Harborough District. The number has nearly halved in week, representing one of the biggest falls in the country. Latest figures from Public Health England show 142 people tested positive in the seven day to November 28th – down from 266 the previous […]

Highway improvement work will see night-time closures and other restrictions on the A6 around Market Harborough. The stretch between the Rockingham Road/A427 junction and the McDonald’s roundabout will shut for five nights from December 14th, so carriageway patching work can take place. More major works will take place in early January between the Rockingham Road […]

Over 500 brand new toys and gifts have been donated to the Hfm-backed Toys On The Table appeal in just two weeks. Listeners have been dropping them off at Harborough Market, the collection point this year, with organisers ‘overwhelmed’ by the response. Hfm’s Pat Stones & Phil King (Leader of Harborough District Council) with the […]