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Market Harborough’s Farndon Fields estate will get a bus service from the end of the month. Operator Arriva is extending the route of its X3, meaning eight journeys a day will stop there. The changes, from June 30th, will mean buses no longer serving parts of Kibworth, including Wistow Road, Barnards Way and Warwick Road. […]

Plans have been announced for a new 60-bedroom Extra Care facility in Great Glen. The scheme, for 32 acres of land off Chestnut Drive, also includes new sports facilities for the neighbouring Leicester Grammar School and car parking. A joint planning application from the school and Homes England, the government’s Housing, Land and Regeneration Agency, […]

Severn Trent Water say it is ‘disappointing’ someone moved road closed signs and barriers on Great Bowden Road overnight. It meant vehicles could turn off Rockingham Road early this morning, before the three-week closure, that began yesterday,  to allow new water pipes to be laid. was brought back into force. A spokesman for the company […]

Market Harborough’s former Cottage Hospital will be demolished next month. Specialist contractors have moved into the building to remove asbestos, ahead of the bulldozers entering the site. Developers expect the demolition to be completed by mid-July, when work will then start to build a new 70-bedroom care home which is expected to be completed in […]

Police say nobody was seriously injured after a lorry and two cars were involved in a crash in Kibworth this morning. Officers together with East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the Fleckney Road/Warwick Road junction just after 11.30am. One person was treated at the scene by paramedics but didn’t need to be taken to […]

A new campaign urging all road users to respect each other has been launched by Police. The new initiative, entitled ‘Share The Road’ is aimed at reducing the number of crashes and encouraging mutual respect among all who use the roads. In the Harborough District officers are concentrating on making drivers more aware of motorbikes, […]

Drivers are being warned there is no access onto Great Bowden Road from Rockingham Road in Market Harborough for the next three weeks. The closure, that has come into force this afternoon, to enable Severn Trent Water to continue replacing water pipes, also means temporary traffic lights at the junction and no access for vehicles […]

There are fears for the future of the Market Harborough and District Canine Society as it struggles to find new premises. The group, which has been run by volunteers for the past 41 years, helping to train dogs, has been given notice to leave it current base. Despite an extensive search it’s not been able […]

A number of roads across the Harborough District have been left blocked by trees following the strong winds and heavy rain overnight. Leicestershire County Council says it has received reports of 53 partially or completely blocking roads, 14 of which are in the Harborough District, including: Hillside Road, Market Harborough B6047 Melton Road, Tilton on […]