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Plans have been unveiled to bulldoze a former vehicle body shop in Market Harborough to make way for a new office. If approved it would see the former Iliffe Car body Repair Centre on Leicester Road, which shut last year, flattened, in preparation for a new building to be created in its place. A planning […]

Harborough District Council is proposing no increase in its part of Council Tax bills this year. If approved, as part of the authority’s budget, it will be the second year the charge has been frozen, meaning people living in the the average Band D home in the District paying £167. Finance bosses are finalising budget […]

Controversial plans to charge people moving into new homes across Harborough for wheelie bins – and to replace existing residents’ damaged bins – could be approved by Harborough Council’s Cabinet next week. It would mean residents paying between £74 and £94 for the delivery of a black general waste and a blue-lidded recycling bin, depending […]

There is still hope the Bonmarché shop in Market Harborough can be saved from closure, despite signs indicating it could shut next week. Administrators say talks are continuing in a bid to sell the over-50s women’s fashion chain to sister-firm Peacocks, who have been selected as the preferred bidder for shops across the country. Posters […]

A technical fault meant some drivers were able to park for free in Market Harborough on Saturday. Some payment machines in the Council car parks were giving free tickets, like on Saturdays during December, and others malfunctioned meaning they were charging £6 for an hours’ parking. Councillor Phil Knowles saw first-hand the confusion drivers were […]

The windows of a number of cars parked in Harborough villages were smashed by vandals over the weekend, causing damage totalling thousands of pounds. 15 vehicles were targeted at random late on Saturday and during the early hours of yesterday, including in South Kilworth, Ashby Parva, Upper Bruntingthorpe, Walton, Kimcote and Walcote. Anyone with information […]

A Market Harborough pub will not be serving food until further notice after its kitchen suffered a major flood, damaging equipment and furnishings. Investigations into the cause of the problem at the Sugar Loaf, on the High Street are continuing after the flood just before Christmas, which has also seen an area of the pub […]

The search is on for the owner of a gold ring that dropped out of a cabbage bought from Farndon Fields Farm shop in Market Harborough before Christmas. It’s a mystery how it got into the vegetable – staff think another customer must have dropped it whilst shopping. Contact the Farm Shop on 01858 464838 […]

A man has appeared in Court accused of a stabbing in Broughton Astley in the early hours of New Year’s Day. James Green, 31, of no fixed address, is charged with wounding/causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a bladed article. He did not enter a plea during the brief appearance at Leicester […]

A much-loved Market Harborough Mum, Gran and Great Gran has celebrated her 100th birthday! Kitty Oakley celebrated the milestone with two parties and also received a Birthday Card from the Queen. She lived for many years at the Brooklands Gardens Sheltered Accomodation site before moving to Brookside Care Home in Braybrooke and puts her long […]