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Supermarket giant Aldi has handed in amended plans to Harborough District Council for a new five million pound supermarket in Lutterworth. The retailer wants to build it on land off Rugby Road, opposite St Johns Business Park – to include the creation of a new park and picnic area – and says it will create […]

As the number of people in the UK confirmed to have caught the Coronavirus continues to increase, the first case has been confirmed in Northamptonshire. Public Health England has revealed a resident returning home to the county from Italy has tested positive for the currently untreatable new COVID-19 strain. The race is now on to […]

Police have confirmed that a fire which destroyed a hundred bales of hay at East Farndon on Monday morning (March 2nd) was started deliberately. The blaze forced the closure of Harborough Road during the morning rush hour whilst firefighters attended the incident. Officers are now appealing to the public for information about the arson attack […]

Harborough’s MP has been speaking out on behalf of residents on a ten year old Market Harborough housing estate – who’ve recently found themselves facing massive price hikes from their property management company. 87 leaseholders on Market Harborough’s Farndon Fields development are currently in the process of setting up a residents’ association – in a […]

A charity dedicated to changing the lives of those who live and work in Market Harborough, Great Bowden and Little Bowden is reminding people to get in touch if they need help with a local project. Each year The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity has funds available for both community organisations and individuals to […]

Registrations have opened if you’d like to be part of one of the big summer events in Market Harborough town centre. The annual Classic Car Show is back on Sunday 5th July – from 10am to 4pm – with a range of classic and vintage cars, motorcycles, scooters and commercial vehicles due to be on […]

Harborough Police and the District Council are reminding residents who need to get rid of rubbish from their homes to beware of unlicensed carriers who take your money but then fly-tip it in our countryside. Householders are legally responsible for any waste produced on their property and have a ‘duty of care’ to check that […]

Plans to help cyclists by putting lights inside a former railway tunnel in our area have been scrapped. Daventry District Councillors were considering making improvements to the 525 yard Kelmarsh Tunnel – which is now part of the Brampton Valley Way cycle route. The £50,000 scheme would have seen lighting installed for riders and pedestrians […]

Two people have been treated for their injuries by East Midlands Ambulance Service – after an accident which closed the A6 in Market Harborough early this morning. Emergency services were rushed to the scene at around 05.40am following a collision involving a van, two other vehicles and two horses at the A6 junction with Kettering […]