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Businesses across Harborough forced to close because of the lockdown can apply for support grants of between of up to £3000. The District Council is administering the government scheme after being handed £3.1m pounds to distribute. Non-essential retail, leisure, personal care, sports facilities and hospitality businesses affected by the enforced closures, who pay business rates […]

This year’s Hfm-backed Toys On The Table appeal has launched and people are being urged to give generously, as it is set to help more youngsters than ever before this Christmas. The appeal for new toys and gifts aims to ensure every disadvantaged child across Leicestershire gets a present to open on Christmas Day, when […]

A toy car has sold at auction in Market Harborough for £2,200 – more than the price of a decent real second-hand motor! The match-box sized grey Volvo PV 444 went under the hammer at Gildings auction house during a Toys, Models and Model Railway sale, selling for more than ten times the estimated sale […]

A driver was caught speeding at 66mph on the first day of new Police checks in Braybrooke. They were travelling at more than twice the 30mph limit on Harborough Road in the village when clocked by Northamptonshire Police’s Safer Roads Team, who have branded the speed ‘unacceptable.’ Sixteen other drivers will also be reported for […]

There are concerns the Harborough District – and the rest of Leicestershire – will continue to face restrictions after the lockdown is lifted, if Coronavirus rates do not drop. Every council area in the county is now in the top 100 parts of the country with the highest infection rates. Harborough is placed 82nd  in […]

Four Jack Russell puppies have been stolen from a farmhouse in Gilmorton. The ten-week old dogs were taken after an intruder got in through the kitchen window and removed them from a crate. Their mother and one other puppy were left behind. The burglary happened sometime between 5pm and 8pm last Wednesday, Police have released […]

Police are searching for the owner of ten ponies that were found loose on Great Oxendon Road in Arthingworth. The black and white animals were rounded up by officers and taken away to be cared for, as they were causing a danger to road users. Police were called just after 9pm last Friday and a […]

A new secure cycle hub has opened at Market Harborough railway station. The facility, located adjacent to Rockingham Road, has cost £300,000 and was jointly funded by East Midlands Railway, the Department of Transport and Harborough District Council. It provides space for 100 cycles, is covered by CCTV and accessible by a fob. Lisa Angus, […]

Some office staff at Kibworth Medical Centre are having to self-isolate because of coronavirus. It affects all workers within the ‘patient services’ team, who answer the phones. As a result,  people are being warned to expect to wait longer for calls to be answered, as they are being transferred to other sites operated by the […]

Santa is planning a covid-safe tour of Market Harborough this year. Organisers of the annual ‘Santa’s Sleigh’ are working hard to ensure the man in red is able to visit streets around the town next month, in the run-up to Christmas. Subject to lockdown being lifted, volunteers from the 3rd Market Harborough Scouts, will accompany […]