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Tributes are being paid to a popular Market Harborough man who has died two years after suffering a catastrophic cardiac arrest. Alastair Campbell, who was 51, passed away yesterday at the specialist Badby Park Care home near Daventry, with his family around him. He was President of the Market Harborough Chamber of Trade, Managing Director […]

The best women glider pilots from across the UK have converged on The Gliding Centre in Husbands Bosworth. The Women Glide training camp is seeing world championship medal winning pilots from Team GB training over the Leicestershire countryside. All are hoping to qualify for the Women’s World Gliding Championship which is being held at The […]

70 drivers have now been arrested during Leicestershire Police’s drink and drug drive clampdown – five in the Harborough District. Officers say 63 people failed roadside breath tests and seven tested positive for cannabis or cocaine. Eighteen arrests have been made at the scene of crashes and 14 of the drivers arrested were aged under […]

Harborough Council is considering if controlled drinking zones are to continue in both Market Harborough and Lutterworth. The legislation means people drinking in an anti-social manner can be arrested if they fail to surrender alcohol to Police. The current zone orders, that have been in place for the past three years, run out in August, […]

People could soon be able to park for free in Market Harborough town centre for longer. The time limits in some of the on-street bays will increase from 40 minutes to one hour if the plan by Leicestershire County Council goes ahead. It’s part of a shake-up aimed at meeting public demand for on-street parking, […]

It’s National Refill Day and people are being encouraged to re-fill their water bottles in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic being thrown away. A number of shops, coffee shops and businesses in and around Market Harborough offer the service, so people don’t have to throw away bottles and buy new ones. It’s […]

A fundraising concert held in Market Harborough raised £1,500 for the NSPCC. The Great Bowden Recital Trust are thanking the 200 people who turned up to support the event on Saturday at the Welland Park Academy. The audience was treated to a programme of music from stage and screen. with the GBRT Adult Vocal Choir […]

A Market Harborough youth centre has been left with a repair bill of thousands of pounds after a burglar tried to force his way in. He damaged doors beyond repair at The Cube on the Symington’s Recreation Ground at 4.15am yesterday, but didn’t get in and fled when the burglar alarm sounded. The Cube says […]

Opening hours at tips across Leicestershire could be cut to save cash. The County Council is proposing to shut its household waste and recycling sites, including in Market Harborough and Kibworth, two hours earlier at 5pm during summer opening times, between April and September. Bosses say less people visit in the final two hours of […]

Welland Park is looking better today thanks to the efforts of the 1st Market Harborough Rainbows. Fifteen of the girls, aged 5 to 7, together with leaders and helpers, carried out a litter pick in the park last night, as part of their work in the community and collected six bags of rubbish.