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Harborough Churches handed out ‘Can We Help’ leaflets at services yesterday in a bid to help those who have been forced into self-isolation because of Coronavirus. People willing to pick up shopping, prescriptions or just provide a friendly phone-call can fill in their in details and post them through the doors of neighbours or others […]

Twelve supermarket chains have come together to release a joint statement urging customers not to panic buy amid the Coronavirus outbreak. They include Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Aldi and Lidl, whose stores in Market Harborough have seen a surge of people buying high quantities of certain items, like toilet rolls, soap, hand sanitisers and pasta, leaving […]

The government has given the go-ahead a safe footpath to be created between Lubenham and Market Harborough, in memory of 13-year-old Adam Mugridge, who was killed while cycling to school 13 years ago. The campaign by Adam’s family received a massive boost in 2018, when highway bosses officially recognised the mile-long route, along the old […]

A man in his 80s has died from Coronavirus at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He is one of ten more people to have died from Covid-19 in the UK, taking the death toll to 21. The UK’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said all of the latest to die were patients in “at-risk” groups. NHS […]

We maybe a long way from the sea, but a new boat was unveiled in Market Harborough town centre today! The specialist dinghy has been bought by the charity Sailability, thanks to grants from Sport England and the Market Harborough Building Society’s Charitable Trust. The charity, based at Pitsford Reservoir, enables people with disabilities to […]

All GP appointments at Market Harborough Medical Centre will now initially take place over the phone because of the Coronvirus. The surgery is also suspending all routine appointments, for things like blood pressure checks, until further notice. It is taking the action following new government guidance in a bid to keep patients away from the […]

Drivers are being warned the A6 will be closed between Market Harborough and Desborough overnight next week. It will be shut from the Rockingham Road roundabout to the junction with the B576 from 8pm til 6am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The closure will be in place so carriageway patching work can be carried out […]

A number of local groups have cancelled events and others will stop meeting, as a precaution because of the Coronavirus outbreak. A Coffee Morning due to take place at Harborough Theatre tomorrow is off. The Market Harborough Gymnastics Club will not be meeting until further notice, citing the confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Desborough and […]

Three more people in Leicestershire have tested positive for Coronavirus – taking the total to five. All are family members of the person who was diagnosed on Monday. People who have come into contact with them have been given health advice about symptoms and emergency contact details. The area of the county where they live […]

There is opposition to plans to turn land in Little Bowden into a private dog walking field. Over 60 people have raised objections with Harborough Council after the proposal for the two and a half acre site off Braybrooke Road, currently used as as grazing land for sheep, was announced last month. Concerns include the […]