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A shop in Desborough has been left badly damaged after a fire last night. Three fire crews were sent to Lucy’s Tea Room on the High Street just before 7.45pm, with firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackling the blaze. Nobody was injured and Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service say the cause is believed to have been […]

The housing market across Harborough remains ‘buoyant’ during the Coronavirus pandemic. That is the message from estate agents, who continuing to keep the local property market afloat. Sam Dattani is Director of House2Homes estate agency:     Estate agents have had to adapt the way they work, particularly when it comes to people viewing houses. […]

An eviction notice has been served on travellers illegally camped on land near a new housing estate in Market Harborough. The group has been ordered to leave the site off Wellington Place on the Airfield Farm development by 8am tomorrow, after moving onto the private land a week ago, or face being evicted. High Court […]

Police are questioning a man in his 40s on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of illegal drugs in Market Harborough. He was arrested on the Southern Estate this morning. Officers say the arrest relates to ‘on-going work to tackle drugs misuse’ in the town.

A retired vicar from Kibworth is walking the 850 mile distance from Lands End to John O’Groats without leaving the sheltered accommodation complex where he lives! Alan Pyke, 82, is raising money for the Well charity in the village and is now over 670 miles into the journey, after starting the challenge at the end […]

The plan for a huge development including nearly 3,000 homes near Lutterworth will be considered next week and is being recommended for the go-ahead. Harborough councillors deferred making a decision on the scheme in April, due to late representations from Leicester’s Hospitals, who have requested nearly £1m from developers, to mitigate the impact the extra […]

The go-ahead has been given for a 24-hour gym to open in the former B&M store in Market Harborough town centre. Councillors approved allowing the building in the Commons Car Park to be used for leisure purposes, instead of retail, when they met last night. Planning officers told them the unit would likely remain empty […]

The controversial plan to turn land in Little Bowden into a private dog walking field has been withdrawn by the landowner. Harborough councillors had been due to consider it tonight, with the application for the land off Braybrooke Road recommended for refusal. Over 70 people had objected to the plan, with council planning officers raising […]

A Market Harborough youth centre has launched a £5000 fundraising appeal so it can continue providing vital counselling to young people. The Cube has seen its finances badly hit during the Coronavirus pandemic, with groups not hiring out space at its base at the Symtington’s Recreation Ground. Charlotte Cooper, the Youth Work manager at the […]

The driver of a tipper lorry has been rescued and taken to hospital after it overturned onto its side at Husbands Bosworth quarry this morning. Emergency services, including the Air Ambulance, were called to the site off Welford Road at 8.50am. The fire service say the driver was able to get out onto the top […]