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Market Harborough’s popular Farmers Market has returned today for the first time since the Coronavirus lockdown in March. Social distancing measures are in place on The Square, including fencing to create a one-in, one-out queuing system at entry, a revised layout, and hand sanitiser stations are in place. Shoppers are being asked not to touch […]

The owner of a Market Harborough tattoo studio says she and others in the industry feel forgotten by the government. Unlike hair salons and pubs, tattoo studios, nail bars and beauticians have been told they cannot re-open this weekend and have been given no guidance as to when they will be able to. In Northern […]

A Harborough District pub  just yards from the Leicester lockdown area will not re-open on Saturday. Owner of the White House in Scraptoft, JD Wetherspoon, have acted amid concerns people will be tempted breach restrictions and visit from areas within the zone. Pubs and hairdressers have to remain shut in Leicester and its suburbs following […]

Police are questioning a man after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at a house in Market Harborough last night. Officers were called to Middlebrook Green, off Great Bowden Road, at around 6.15pm. Leicestershire Police told Hfm: “Police attended an address in Market Harborough yesterday evening following a report a woman had been sexually assaulted. […]

CCTV is set to be installed at Little Bowden Recreation Ground in a bid to help tackle anti-social behaviour. The mobile cameras, moved to trouble-spots by Harborough Council, are one of a raft of measures aimed at tackling the issue, which led Police to implement a Dispersal Order over the weekend after serious disorder. The […]

The plan for a new-build leisure centre in Market Harborough could be scrapped in favour of a major redevelopment of the current facility. Until now, Harborough Council had favoured building a brand new centre, either on the current site, off Northampton Road, or elsewhere. The latest plan, that would cost £8.75m, includes new-build elements for […]

Police and council officials will meet the owners of Saddington Reservoir today after hundreds gathered there during the heatwave. Safety concerns were raised after large numbers of people took to the water to swim, with some jumping in from height and the Canal and River Trust issued a plea saying people were putting their lives […]

A new ‘Wellbeing Centre’ could be built in Market Harborough. The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity is working with the LOROS Hospice, with a view to creating the facility on land adjacent to its allotments site on Northampton Road. The hospice has been looking for a base in town for sometime, so it can […]

Market Harborough’s Memorial Gardens will be locked up overnight to stop anti-social behaviour. It follows an incident earlier this month when someone defecated against a wall next to a ‘Tommy’ soldier silhouette, which led to widespread repulsion, Cllr Simon Whelband is Chair of the Harborough District Community Safety Partnership: The two entrances will be padlocked […]

A postcode checker service is now available for people living close to the border of Leicester’s lockdown area to see if they are affected. Leicestershire County Council has set-up the service – click HERE to check your postcode. Concerns are being expressed about how the new Leicester lockdown will affect the Harborough District – particularly […]