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A host of businesses across Harborough are celebrating being crowned winners of business awards. Hundreds of people voted in the competition run by website Muddy Stillettos, which saw places across Leicestershire and Rutland nominated. Businesses in Market Harborough and surrounding villages won 8 of the 24 categories. The local winners were: Best Art Gallery: Wistow Gallery, […]

We are being urged to get on our bikes on Saturday to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support! The Welland Valley Sportive will see rides of varying distance to suit all ages and abilities, both on and off-road. They will all start and finish at Grange Farm in Thorpe Langton. More details HERE

A land owner has been issued with a High Court injunction ordering them to stop work on a site in Claybrooke Parva near Lutterworth. It follows complaints from villagers about hard-standing being created at Wells Close on Woodway Lane, without planning permission. Harborough Council sought the legal action after work continued despite officers issuing a […]

Polling stations have opened across the Hfm region for the European Elections. Residents are casting their votes to elect five East Midlands MEPs. Although the number of votes cast locally will be verified tonight, counting will not take place until Sunday, when polling closes in all other EU countries. The local polls will be collated […]

Classroom support staff at a Market Harborough school have been placed at risk of redundancy. Ridgeway Primary Academy says it needs to reduce the number of posts and hours available to save money. Learn Academies Trust, of which the school is a member, says where a school is potentially heading into a financial deficit all […]

A warning has been issued after schoolgirls say they were followed by a man in Market Harborough, who was taking pictures and videoing them on his mobile phone. It happened on Alvington Way this morning, as the group of three Year 7 pupils were heading to Robert Smyth Academy. The school says the incident, which […]

Work to transform an Independent Living Scheme in Great Glen into new specialist accommodation for adults with disabilities will begin later this month. Leicestershire County Council bought the Brookfield site off Waterloo Housing Group last year and will spend £1.1m on the upgrade. The refurbished building will create 20 flats and a communal area and […]

A health campaigner has held discussions with the boss of the local NHS over concerns about people being turned away from the urgent care centre in Market Harborough. Some have been told they can only be seen after making an appointment – despite the facility at the St Luke’s Hospital being advertised as a ‘walk-in’ […]

Market Harborough’s branch of Thomas Cook closes today. The travel firm has had a base in town for many years, latterly in St Mary’s Place. The closure is especially sad, as the company’s founder lived in Market Harborough when he organised his first excursion back in 1841. It was announced in March the branch is one […]

An investigation is underway after a fire destroyed a barn containing around 100 bales of straw in Houghton On The Hill. Firefighters, who spent nearly 20 hours dealing with the blaze, say temperatures reached in excess of 700°C in places, the temperature that lava flows at. They were first to called to the blaze at a farm […]