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They’ll be no increase in the main amount residents pay Harborough Council in Council Tax from April, after councillors approved the budget for the next year last night. The charge for the average band D home will remain at £168, although villagers in Broughton Astley, Fleckney, Scraptoft and Great Glen will be paying slightly more […]

A man suffered slash wounds after masked men armed with knives forced their way into a house in Market Harborough in the middle of the night. The victim suffered cuts to his arm and hands following the incident at the property on Welland Park Road. Police say three men, who had their faces covered, got […]

The non-emergency patient transport ambulance service operating across the Hfm region has been branded ‘inadequate’ by health inspectors in a damning report. The Care Quality Commission has raised numerous ‘significant’ concerns about the Thames Ambulance Service, including a lack of cleanliness and infection control, untrained staff and poor and response times not being met. Inspectors […]

A young Market Harborough woman has raised over £1,000 for charity after having her hair cut off! Amy Gibbs, 23, whose hair was down to her waist, lost it on Saturday night in front of an audience at the Beer House. She held the fundraiser for the Teenage Cancer Trust in memory of her uncle […]

A new footbridge has been installed as another milestone in the £53m upgrade of Market Harborough railway station was completed yesterday. Once in operation – when new platforms open later this year – it will mean for the first time disabled passengers will no longer have to be pushed across the tracks to get to […]

Organisers of the Leicester Comedy Festival have hailed events held in Market Harborough over the weekend a success. The Indoor Market was turned into a theatre as part of the ‘Big Weekend’ that included a performance of the Edinburgh Fringe hit ‘Dad’s Army Radio Show’ on Saturday night. Last night an evening of contemporary comedy […]

The number of buses serving the Southern Estate in Market Harborough has been dramatically cut. A new timetable has come into force today, with operator Arriva reducing the number of its X3 services serving the estate from 26 a day to 8, with none between 10am and 4pm. A petition signed by over 360 people who […]

Work has begun to create a new multi-million pound headquarters for Market Harborough-based Joules. It will see the transformation of Compass House on Rockingham Road and the grounds, with contractors moving onto the site to start the major project, that will see part of the former holiday firm base demolished and another area extended. A […]

The brother of British film and theatre actor Alan Rickman has presented £10,500 to charity in his memory. Alan, who found international fame as the villain in Die Hard, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Snape in the Harry Potter films, died in 2016 aged 69, just three months after […]

Police have launched an investigation after a Market Harborough woman died yesterday. She sadly passed away in hospital after emergency services were called to a bungalow on Douglass Drive. Police say they are currently treating her death as ‘unexplained’ and the property remains cordoned off while investigations continue. Officers were called just after midday yesterday, after […]