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One of the most bizarre items to be found by Harborough Council’s Environmental Crime team was dumped at the side of a country lane. It is thought the black seat may have been used in an amusement arcade, cinema or entertainment venue, as has built-in speakers and cup holders. The seat was flytipped along with […]

Harborough and the whole of Leicestershire is to face the highest Covid-19 restrictions when the national lockdown ends. From Wednesday, the county will move to Tier 3 restrictions, meaning people won’t be able to meet indoors or in most outdoor places with anybody you do not live with, or who is not in your support […]

The out-of-hours Urgent Care Centre in Market Harborough has re-opened. The facility at St Luke’s Treatment Centre Hospital is operational again, after being shut for over six months because of the coronavirus pandemic. To minimise the risk of Covid transmission, people cannot just turn up, but must first call 111 or contact their GP practice […]

There will be free parking in Market Harborough on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. It is hoped the move will encourage people to ‘shop local’ and support shops and businesses in the town centre, many of which have been closed for the past few weeks, but will be able to open again next Thursday, […]

Police are carrying out ‘reassurance patrols’ near Market Harborough secondary schools after recent ‘stranger danger incidents.’ Two girls in Year 8 at Welland Park Academy were followed by a man in a van while walking to school from the Ashley Way estate last week. That incident followed another where a man followed a Year 10 […]

There are still no permanent toilet facilities at Market Harborough Railway station – 15 months after a major upgrade costing £53m was completed. Passengers have had to use temporary toilets in a portacabin outside the front of the station ever since, and are complaining about how long it is taking for proper toilets to be […]

Fire crews have extinguished a fire in a field off Leicester Road in Market Harborough. Vegetation was being burned, but firefighters acted because it was causing alot of smoke. Crews from Market Harborough and Wigston were sent to the scene, close to Greenacres, just after 10.30pm, as initial reports stated a building was on fire. […]

A man is in hospital after a crash on the A47 between Skeffington and Tugby last night. His Mercedes car was involved in collision with a lorry just after 6.30pm. Police say he was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and his injuries are not life-threatening or life-changing. The road was closed for […]

Latest figures show Harborough has the 72nd highest weekly Coronavirus rate of 315 local authority areas in England. Despite the district appearing in the top half of the list, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 here has started to drop. There were 276 new cases recorded in the week to November 19th, compared […]

A big party has been held at a Market Harborough care home to help resident Eric Clarke celebrate his 103rd birthday! The World War Two veteran was presented with gifts and cards from staff and fellow residents at Lenthall House on the Southern Estate and a giant banner unveiled that read ‘103 years young.’ Eric, […]