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Churches in and around Market Harborough are hoping to raise £11,000 this week to help people in Sierra Leone. They are teaming up to support Christian Aid Week by holding various fundraisers, including a door to door collection. The African country is said to be the most dangerous place in the world to become a […]

Police are appealing for information after a tradesman’s van was stolen in Market Harborough. The white Ford Transit – that contained drainage equipment – was taken from Lathkill Street at around 11.30pm on Saturday. The van, with the registration number ND11 BXW, was last seen driving towards Northampton Road. Anyone who saw the vehicle being […]

The Gliding Centre at Husbands Bosworth is set to become the first in England to enable disabled youngsters to take to the air. It has teamed up with children’s charity Variety in a bid to fund a specialist hoist which would allow children to get safely in and out of the cock pit. The equipment […]

There is an appeal for sightings of a missing man after his car was found in Kibworth. Shaun Egan was last seen on April 15th in Loughborough, although his red Nissan Duke has been discovered abandoned in the car park of Kibworth Grammar School Hall on School Lane. Police think he travelled to the Harborough […]

Talented Harborough artists are throwing their doors this weekend! The Open Studios event will see a whole host of art on display from paintings and photographs, to sculptures and ceramics. The event on Saturday and Sunday is completely free and has been organised by the Harborough Artists Cluster. Download a map and more information about […]

A developer has abandoned their fight to build 130 new houses on the edge of Fleckney. They have withdrawn their appeal against Harborough Council’s decision to refuse permission to build the estate off Fleckney Road on the Saddington side of the village. Gladman Developments had asked a government planning inspector to review that decision, taken […]

A call will be made next week for Leicestershire County Council to declare a Climate Emergency. If backed by members, it would mean the Authority following others up and down the country, in pledging to do more to tackle climate change and work towards being carbon neutral by 2030. A protest was held outside Harborough […]

Leicestershire Police has been given an extra £1.4m to tackle serious violence. It’s part of Home Office cash totaling over 12 million that is being handed to 18 Police forces worst affected by the issue across the country. Home Secretary, Sajid Javid said: “I’ve been doing everything in my power to ensure we have the […]

The owner of East Midlands Trains has launched legal action against the Department For Transport. It’s after Stagecoach was disqualified from bidding to continue running rail services through Market Harborough, in a row over pensions rules. Stagecoach said it could have been left with liabilities of £1.6bn if it had agreed to accept pension risks. Dutch […]

Town holiday firm Travelsphere has been announced as the main sponsor of this year’s Market Harborough carnival. It means organisers will be able to put on more fun activities on Saturday June 8th, and be able to make bigger donations to charity. The theme of the Carnival this year is ‘A Moment In Time’ and […]