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Grants totalling over £230,000 have been handed out to community projects across the Harborough District. The cash has come from the ‘Section 106’ scheme, which is money paid by housing developers to improve community facilities in areas where they have built. Harborough Council has approved grants to a diverse range of projects: Lutterworth Athletic FC […]

Plans have been unveiled to demolish a former vehicle repair centre in Market Harborough town centre to make way for new apartments. Ten, one and two-bedroom apartments would be created inside the two-and-a-half storey development, proposed for the corner of Abbey Street and Fairfield Road. A planning application has been handed to Harborough Council.

An electrical fault is being blamed for a car setting on fire on the road between Braybrooke and Arthingworth. Firefighters from Desborough were called to deal with the BMW ablaze at 5.30pm yesterday and used breathing apparatus to tackle the fire. No-one was injured.  

Harborough’s NHS bosses are urging people not to go to GP practices or St Luke’s Hospital to try and get a Coronavirus test. Despite difficulties in accessing tests through the government’s on-line and phone system, due to massive demand, they say tests are not available at those locations and you risk spreading the virus if […]

Spot checks are to be carried out at businesses across the Harborough District to ensure they are complying with Covid-19 guidelines. Unannounced visits will take place at firms of all sizes and in all sectors and any found not to be following the rules could face prosecution. Harborough District Council is one of the first […]

Improvements aimed at making things safer for cyclists and drivers on Kettering Road in Little Bowden are set to into force next week. Work to widen existing cycle lanes under the railway bridge and install temporary traffic lights either side of it – to improve traffic flow – will take place on Sunday. The Leicestershire […]

A fire that destroyed 500 tonnes of hay bales in Weston by Welland early this morning is thought to have been started deliberately. Firefighters were called to a field off Valley Road at 12.25am and worked through the night to extinguish the flames and stop the fire spreading. Farmer Chris Parker from Home Farm in […]

The Coronavirus continues to impact on jobs in the Harborough District, with another increase in unemployment. 2,195 people are out of work and claiming benefits according to official figures out today – 45 more than last month – and more than three times the figure before the lockdown in March. 1210 men and 985 women […]

Harborough District Council is considering selling land which forms part of a controversial redevelopment plan in Market Harborough. Talks are underway with a view to it being bought by housing association Platform Housing Group, which owns the rest of the site at Naseby Square on the Southern Estate. Plans to bulldoze a number of bungalows […]

A recently launched charity in Market Harborough is aiming to tackle the hidden problem of ‘hygiene poverty’ in and around the town. The Market Harborough Hygiene Bank helps those who are struggling to afford basic cleaning and personal hygiene products and works in a similar way to a Foodbank, relying on donations from members of […]