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A man who posted a request on Facebook for someone to remove rubbish from his home has been fined three hundred pounds after it was then dumped in a fly-tipping hotspot near Great Bowden. Evidence found amongst the pile of household waste – that even included a crutch – traced it back to an address […]

Four uninsured cars were seized by Harborough Police in the space of a few hours. They were stopped on the A6 near Market Harborough yesterday, with the drivers now facing prosecution. Officers say the can easily identify vehicles with no insurance through ANPR technology.

Harborough Council is to spend £250,000 resurfacing car parks it owns. It follows surveys that found action is needed to improve the condition of surfaces, which are particularly poor in some of them. The improvement work is set to take place first in the Market Hall car park on Northampton Road, the two in St […]

Three under threat bus services will continue operating until at least December. Leicestershire County Council has extended the contracts for the number 33 town service in Market Harborough, the 44 that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney, and the 58 that runs between Market Harborough and Lutterworth. It subsidises those routes, although placed them […]

Market Harborough’s Town Centre Post Office will stay open in its current location until September. A three-month extension has been granted to the branch inside the GT News Shop in St Mary’s Place, which had been due to shut next month. An alternative premises to house a branch in the town centre has yet to […]

One of the sandpit’s in Market Harborough’s Welland Park is to be increased in size so more children can enjoy it. The existing sandpit at the Rose Garden end of the play area will be increased in size and more sand added. Play equipment in the middle will also be removed to create more space, […]

Villages across the Harborough District are being given the chance to adopt their red phones boxes for £1 Eleven of the traditional phone boxes are included in BT’s ‘Adopt A Kiosk’ scheme and the company  wants to hear from parish councils or community charities interested in taking them on if the phone is removed. In […]

It’s all change at Market Harborough Railway Station today! New platforms have come into use after work to connect a new section of straighter track was completed over the weekend, following a six-day closure of the line. A new footbridge to improve access for people who are disabled, those with buggies, or lots of luggage, […]

Major engineering work at Market Harborough Railway Station is on target to be completed on Sunday. The line through town has been closed since Monday to allow for a new section of straighter track to be connected and new platforms prepared for use. The old platforms have also been removed. The work is part of […]

Drivers are being warned there will be no access onto Great Bowden Road from Rockingham Road in Market Harborough for three weeks from June 10th. The closure will enable Severn Trent Water to continue replacing water pipes. A small section of the road – from the railway station junction to Albany Road – will be […]