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A petition signed by 369 people has been handed to a bus operator, which will dramatically cut journeys serving the Southern Estate in Market Harborough from Sunday. It calls for a compromise after Arriva announced none of its X3 services will visit the estate between 10am and 4pm, following a timetable change. Those who rely […]

They’ll be plenty of laughs in Market Harborough over the next few days as the Leicester Comedy Festival comes to town for the first time! Events are taking place at various venues including Harborough Theatre, the Library & Museum and Harborough Market, which will be transformed into a theatre. Harborough Council has teamed up with […]

Work is about to begin on the major expansion of a Market Harborough business park. The £7m project will see new industrial units built on 13 acres of land at the Airfield Farm business area off Harborough Road – adjacent to the Innovation Centre. They will range in size from 1500sq feet to over 33,000sq […]

A developer has pledged to act after being issued a warning for not sticking to an agreed route for construction traffic heading to its new homes site in Kibworth. Harborough Council have received a number of complaints from villagers, relating to the David Wilson Homes site off Fleckney Road, where 195 new houses are going […]

Leicestershire County Council has agreed to make £75m worth of savings and increase its portion of council tax by 3.99% in the next financial year, which will mean most residents across Harborough paying £1 more a week. £27m of the savings are earmarked to come from efficiency savings – 75% – rather than service reductions. […]

Thieves tried to steal a purse from a shopper in the car-park of a Market Harborough supermarket yesterday. It happened at Aldi, on Springfield Street, when the woman was putting her trolley back and felt a pull on her shoulder, to find a man behind her trying to get the purse out of her bag. After […]

Three men are being questioned after a Police pursuit last night through several villages in the Welland Valley, during which a Police car was rammed. They were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and possession of class A drugs after the car they were in was eventually stopped near Corby. Officers followed […]

A Harborough health campaigner is urging people who have experienced problems with non-emergency ambulances to contact him. Phil Knowles has been in contact with local NHS bosses following numerous complaints in recent weeks about them not turning up to take people to hospital appointments. The local NHS is also stressing patients need to register complaints […]

There has been a drop in the number of people unemployed across the Harborough District. Figures out today show 520 are seeking employment and claiming benefits – 280 men and 240 women. This time last month the figures was 560. The Office For National Statistics figures show the area has the second lowest unemployment rate in […]

There is hope under-threat Harborough bus services will continue in some form. Councillor Blake Pain, Lead member for Environment and Transport at Leicestershire County Council, has spoken to Hfm as a review continues into the future of the number 33 town service in Market Harborough and the 44 that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney. […]