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A man in his 60s is in hospital with serious injuries after a two-car crash on the A6 at Clack Hill this morning. He was driving a blue Hyundai Coupe that was involved in collision with a silver Nissan Note at the Kettering Road junction at 7.25am. Firefighters released him from the wreckage before he […]

Residents on Market Harborough’s Farndon Fields estate are claiming victory in their battle with a management company they are now set to ditch. Homeowners will instead set-up their own residents’ association and take on the role of the upkeep of communal areas and open spaces. They say estate management company Chamonix Estates has been imposing […]

The NHS Trust that runs Leicester’s Hospital has been rated as ‘good.’ It follows years of negative ratings by the Care quality Commission, who had said it required improvement. Inspectors say it still needs to improve when it comes to safety though – as not all services have enough staff. Bosses are thanking staff for […]

The Market Harborough-based CATS Mountain Bike Club has donated £200 to the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth, to replace stolen bird feeders and help with other running costs. The donation follows a cycle orienteering event that is held yearly by the club to support a local charity. Bird feeders and a feed station, all of […]

A Market Harborough man who ran a sophisticated on-line drug dealing business has been jailed for eight years. Paul Johnson distributed substances including heroin, MDMA, LSD and ketamine from his home on Northampton Road. The 32-year-old was trafficking drugs from a number of countries and using three rented properties as delivery addresses. Leicester Crown Court […]

Harborough Council is flying the Rainbow Flag on the Symington Building in Market Harborough to raise awareness of equality and diversity. It is in support of a month-long initiative to raise awareness of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. The annual LGBT History Month is held in February to celebrate the lives and […]

People across Harborough will pay more for Policing, after the rise was approved today. The increase of 4.48% means Band D council tax payers across the District will pay £10 more a year from April. Police and Crime Commisioner, Lord Willy Bach, says it will help fund the recruitment an additional 100 officers across Leicestershire, […]

Work is beginning on the site where 600 new homes will be built on the edge of Market Harborough. Fencing is being erected and other preparations made off Kettering Road at Clack Hill, before construction work begins. The development – to be known as ‘Overstone Park’ – will go up on 88 acres of fields […]

The number of Police officers based in Market Harborough will increase next month. ‘Response’ teams, who attend 999 calls, will return to the Fairfield Road station, five years after changes, as a result of cost-cutting,  saw them moved to a central hub Leicester. The move is part of a new operating model being introduced by […]

Severn Trent Water has apologised after residents were woken up by loud drilling in the early hours of today on Kettering Road in Market Harborough. The firm says the work – connected to the upgrade pipes – was carried out overnight as it was likely to have caused water supplies to go off. Some people […]