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Campaigners have put up posters encouraging people to complain about changes to bus services that will leave them without any for six hours a day. The decision by Arriva means no buses will serve Market Harborough’s Southern Estate between 10am and 4pm daily from later this month. Currently 26 buses a day stop there – […]

A new housing estate is being planned for the site of a fencing company in Great Bowden. 31 homes are included in the proposal for three acres of land off Leicester Lane, which has been home to Bowden Fencing and its saw-mill since the 1960s. A planning application has been handed to Harborough Council – […]

New water pipes are to be laid in Market Harborough, at a cost of £2m. Severn Trent Water say the decision, to replace three miles of metal pipes that are over 60 years old in places, with plastic ones, follows a number of bursts and leaks in recent months. The work will take place in […]

How would you like to have a say in how millions of pounds is spent to make lives better locally? The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity, which supports projects and individuals in need, needs new trustees. It’s vital work goes relatively unnoticed, but the charity – now under the chairmanship of Adrian Trotter – […]

Police have arrested a man in connection with two thefts from shops in Market Harborough yesterday. The 32-year-old is being questioned about shoplifting incidents at the Co-Op in the Commons Car Park and Wilko in St Mary’s Place, during which dog food was taken, as well possessing an offensive weapon. Officers detained him this morning.

A pensioner says she was left shocked and upset when a non-emergency ambulance failed to turn-up to take her to an important hospital appointment. 80 year old Linette Ardern from Kibworth booked the ambulance to take her for an X-ray at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough last week. She told Hfm she made a number […]

The Southern Estate in Market Harborough is to be left with no bus service during the majority of the day. Operator Arriva says a revised timetable means its X3 service will only serve the estate a handful of times daily from later this month. The firm says it has taken the decision to reflect changing […]

Burglars broke into garages on the Southern Estate in Market Harborough last night. They stole a gas barbecue from one and tools from another after smashing off locks and forcing open the doors behind the shops on Western Avenue. It happened at about 10pm and was the latest crime in the area in the past […]

There is a pledge more officers will be on Harborough’s streets after an increase in the amount we pay for Policing was approved. The amount we pay to Leicestershire’s Police & Crime Commissioner in Council Tax is to rise by £24 a year for those living in the average band D property across the District […]

Police are thanking all who assisted in the search for a missing pensioner in Market Harborough yesterday afternoon. Thomas Gee, 79, who has dementia, was reported missing after last been seen by his wife in Waitrose. A search was quickly launched, including reopening the Springfield Street store after it has closed, to check inside. Mr […]