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Police are investigating an allegation of an illegal fox hunt in Brixworth. The incident is alleged to have taken place between 11am and 2pm on Saturday, February 8th in and around the Northampton Road area of the village. Officers from the Northamptonshire Rural Crime Team would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed […]

Questions are being asked why a section of Kettering Road in Little Bowden is being dug up just over a month after a new road surface was laid. Severn Trent Water is working at the Gores Lane junction to seal off an old pipe, following the laying of new ones in the area. The firm […]

Over £20,000 is being made available for celebrations across the Harborough District to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Each Parish and Town Council is being offered £500 by Harborough Council, to help fund events in their villages. There will also be a main celebration in Market Harborough on Friday May 8th – the […]

Harborough Council’s share of Council Tax is being frozen for a second year after its budget was approved a meeting last night. Bills will go up overall from April though, as both the Police and Leicestershire County Council are increasing their charges. Harborough’s budget includes a capital programme of more than £56m over the next […]

Aspiring sports stars across Harborough are being urged to apply to a scheme to help them further their ambitions. Everyone Active – the operator of Harborough Leisure Centre and Lutterworth Sports Centre – is running its ‘Sporting Champions Scheme’ for a fifth year. It offers free access to training facilities, financial support, with grants of […]

Market Harborough’s Aldi supermarket has scrapped single-use plastic bags for loose fruit and veg. It’s one of 100 stores across the Midlands trialing the move from today, to encourage customers to use their own bags or buy a recyclable one. If rolled out nationwide, it would remove the equivalent of around 109 tonnes of plastic […]

Questions are being asked about how many extra hospital services are being provided in Market Harborough since the opening of the St Luke’s Treatment Centre three years ago. NHS bosses promised more hospital services when the state-of-the-art building opened to replace the Cottage Hospital, to save patients having to travel to access them at hospitals […]

Harborough Council say waste removed from two large scale flytip sites last week weighed 45 tonnes and cost £16,000 to clean-up. An investigation is on-going after the massive amount of household and construction materials were discovered on two dead-end roads of the A6 bypass between Kibworth & Great Glen. The massive amount of household and […]

Little Bowden Bowling Club has seen its green transformed thanks to help from the Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity. It provided part of the funding for the new grass and associated works which has taken place over the past few weeks in preparation for the new season. The previous green had become worn-out. Adrian […]

An arsonist who endangered dozens of lives in Husbands Bosworth is still on the run – a month after absconding from an open prison. Police say there have been no reported sightings of Daniel Milburn, after he fled HMP Kirkham near Preston in Lancashire. The 35 year old was jailed for five and a half […]