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A new Multi-Use Games Area at Warwick Park in Kibworth is nearing completion, as other improvements are to be carried out there this week. The tarmac base is being allowed to cure for the next three weeks, before line markings and other final touches are added. The facility, costing over £25,000, will be a place […]

Highway bosses say speed cameras won’t be installed on the A6 bypass between Great Glen and Kibworth, despite repeated calls for the safety measure. Leicestershire County Council say the stretch doesn’t meet government guidelines for fixed cameras, because a week-long speed survey, carried out in January, found just 2.6% of drivers were travelling over 70mph. […]

Residents are welcoming Police action at Little Bowden Recreation Ground. A Dispersal Order was implemented over the weekend after serious disorder on Friday night, involving youths armed with metal bars fighting. Officers recovered two knives that had been discarded when they were called to the scene, although no reports of assaults were received. Drug-use, under-age […]

A Dispersal Order has been implemented by Harborough Police after serious disorder at Little Bowden Recreation Ground last night. Youths armed with metal bars were involved in fighting after around a hundred people gathered  into the early hours, with weapons found discarded near-by. Officers say the incident has caused significant upset and fear in the […]

Firefighters have been dealing with around 100 tonnes of straw ablaze in a barn in Hallaton. Crews from Market Harborough, Kibworth and Uppingham were sent to tackle the fire off Hallaton Road just before 4am, and remain at the scene. The alarm was raised by someone who noticed a large amount of smoke coming from […]

The owner of Market Harborough’s Three Swans Hotel has been given to go-ahead to build houses in part of the grounds. Harborough Council has granted planning permission for two, two-bedroomed homes, and one with three-bedrooms. It means Coaching Inn Group can now develop land currently used for storage and overflow car parking, at the back of […]

A giant montage featuring photos of all 205 Year 11 students has been unveiled outside Welland Park Academy, on what would have been the day of their end of year Prom. The Market Harborough school wanted to do something to celebrate the students aged 15 and 16 – the ‘Class of 2020’ – who have […]

A tree has been planted outside All Saints Primary School in Lubenham as a lasting tribute to the way it and neighbouring schools have worked together during the coronavirus pandemic. The silver birch, named the ‘fellowship tree’, was a gift from Husbands Bosworth C of E School – keyworker pupils from there and St Andrew’s […]

An engine fault is being blamed for a pick-up truck bursting into flames on a farm track in Braybrooke. A fire crew from Desborough were called to deal with fire, off Harborough Road, just before 4.30pm yesterday. Firefighters in breathing apparatus tackled the blaze, which left the VW Amarok severely damaged. The driver was not […]

Staff at Harborough Market are facing verbal abuse from customers as they try to keep people safe during the Coronavirus pandemic. They are being shouted and sworn at by a minority who are unhappy at having to queue and follow social distancing measures. The Market says its staff are being targeted on a daily basis […]