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A new team of specially-trained volunteer Police officers will help tackle rural crime across Leicestershire, The Special constables will help bolster patrols in countryside locations, working alongside regular officers, and be involved in dealing with everything from illegal hare-coursing and fox hunting to poaching and fly-tipping. The officers, who have full policing powers, give up […]
More financial support is to be made available to small businesses across Harborough impacted by the pandemic. The District Council has been handed £1.8m by the government to distribute between now and March. It will be aimed helping businesses who have not been eligible for help through another grant scheme announced last week. The so-called […]
New plans have been announced to re-develop the former Enigma Nightclub in Market Harborough. A planning application to turn it into three apartments and a ten-bed HMO (a house in multiple occupation) has been handed in. It replaces a previous scheme approved in 2017/18 for five apartments. The Café Bar and Restaurant will be unaffected, […]
The Great Bowden Recital Trust is to stage its first ever Virtual Concert this Sunday. Members of the group’s ensembles and choirs have performed in their own homes, with recordings being combined ahead of the on-line gig, which will feature performances by GBRT Adult Vocal Choir, Flute Choir, Orchestra and Youth Vocal Choir. There will […]
Emma Lavelle has reported her stable star, Paisley Park, to be fit and well as he looks to regain his position at the top of the staying hurdlers division. For the best part of two years, Paisley Park was untouchable. Emma Lavelle’s eight-year-old ran up a dominant unbeaten streak of seven consecutive victories, a run […]
A man from Desborough has been charged after a Police officer was attacked and injured. Marshall John Coe, 40, of Neuville Way, is accused of wounding with intent and possession of an air weapon with intent to cause fear of violence. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said: “Officers were called to reports of an incident […]
A new planning application has been lodged for the controversial re-development of an elderly persons’ complex in Market Harborough. It is identical to a previous one, although this time states all the 38 homes proposed for land off Naseby Close will be ‘affordable’ – a mix of one two and three bed houses and eight […]
A Kibworth man who had been part of a Coronavirus vaccine trial says he feels proud and delighted that tests have shown it is up to 90% effective. Kevin Feltham was one of just 20 people in the over-70s age group to join the Oxford University and AstraZeneca trial in August. His contribution was extra […]
Primary schools in and around Market Harborough will see building improvements totalling £1.1m. The Learn Academies Trust, of which 11 schools are part of, have successfully bid for the money from the government’s Condition Improvement Fund. (CIF) In Market Harborough heating systems will be upgraded at the C of E Academy, new external doors installed […]
It is 20 years since the Hallaton treasure was found! The collection of over 5,000 silver and coins, a Roman cavalry helmet, jewellery and other objects turned out to be one of the most important Iron Age discoveries in Britain. In November 2000, metal detectorist, Ken Wallace from the Hallaton Fieldwork Group first discovered the […]
