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Police say they’re disappointed and concerned that over a hundred drivers were arrested for being under the influence of drink or drugs during June. Of the 90 drink and 14 drugs arrests, five were in the Harborough District, in Market Harborough, Saddington, Kibworth, Catthorpe and Lutterworth. The figures represent a 57% increase on the Leicestershire […]

Youngsters are being invited to check-out The Cube in Market Harborough later. The youth centre, based at the Symington’s Recreation Ground, off St Mary’s Road, is looking for new members, especially those in Year Six at school and is hosting an open evening. It’s on from 5.30pm with the chance for young people to see […]

The go-ahead was given last night for new homes to be built on Market Harborough’s Farndon Fields estate. Planning permission for the development of 28 houses off Angell Drive was approved by Harborough Council. Some near-by residents objected, saying when they bought their homes they were told the area would remain as a green space […]

A business owner who paid someone to take away and dispose of rubbish has been fined £300 after it was dumped in a country lane. Plasterboard and packaging for electrical items was dumped in Houghton Lane in Stoughton and traced back to the man, from Leicester, after a Harborough Council investigation. It is the third […]

We are being urged to vote for Market Harborough’s best floral shop window! Over 30 traders have entered the competition, which has been launched by the Harbs Collective, in support of this year’s Market Harborough In Bloom effort. Judges from the East Midlands In Bloom competition visit on Friday and their tour will include the […]

A man has been arrested in Houghton On The Hill as part of major Police operation targeting the supply of drugs across three counties. He is being held on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs following a raid at a property in the village this morning. Five other arrests were made in Leicester, Nottingham and Boston […]

Severn Trent is warning drivers to observe Road Closed signs after a car got stuck in a hole being dug to house new water pipes. It happened on Kettering Road in Little Bowden just after 7pm yesterday, when workers had briefly removed barriers to allow a piece of heavy machinery to be moved. A Renault […]

Market Harborough will continue to be a Fairtrade town after the status was renewed for a further two years. It follows an ongoing commitment to promote Fairtrade principles, like selling a wide variety of Fairtrade products in shops and catering outlets and high levels of support from local people, businesses, the Council and schools. Fairtrade […]

A charge against a bus driver involved a crash near Desborough has been dropped. Angela Low, from Desborough, had been accused of driving without due care and attention following the collision between two school buses last July. She had denied the charge and was due to stand trial next month, although the case has now […]

Work has started to demolish Market Harborough’s former Cottage Hospital. A bulldozer has moved into the rear of the Coventry Road site to begin ripping the building down. For the past few weeks specialist contractors have been removing asbestos from inside to prepare for the demolition. Once the site is cleared work will begin to […]