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Free parking will be offered in Market Harborough on every Saturday through December, in a bid to encourage people to shop local. They’ll be a slight change this year though, with a maximum stay of four hours in Harborough Council’s short-term car-parks, in a bid to stop people using them to then catch the train […]

Burglars have caused damage and stolen food items after forcing their way into outbuildings at Foxton Locks. They targeted the main Boiler House Museum store, a toilet building and tool shed late or Saturday or during the early hours of yesterday, by smashing locks. Volunteers spent four hours replacing locks and repairing damage that was […]

The Deputy Commander of Harborough Police is joining calls for the streetlights to be switched back-on overnight in our town estates and villages. It follows another spate of van break-ins in Market Harborough, Fleckney and Great Glen. Sergeant Kev Manship cites a recent study by the College of Policing which found that having street lighting […]

Tributes are being paid by people across Harborough to those killed in the helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s ground on Saturday night. Club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died, along with two of his staff members, the pilot and his girlfriend. Football fans are continuing to gather outside the King Power Stadium, laying tributes to the Thai billionaire. […]

Over a dozen Harborough venues and events have just been named as finalists in a major awards ceremony next month. Now in its 8th year, the Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards are aimed at finding the best tourism businesses in the county. Harborough has reached the finals in many of the 22 categories ranging from […]

A police operation aimed at continuing the crack-down on knife crime in the Harborough District has taken place. Officers paid a surprise visit to Market Harborough Railway Station on Thursday morning (25th October) to set up an airport style security scanner at the entrance. It was to check if any members of the public passing […]

A new scheme to make sure both locals and visitors aren’t caught short when visiting Market Harborough is being suggested by local Liberal Democrats. It’s proposed that the town’s existing public toilets could be supplemented by conveniences in designated pubs, attractions and shops – where people WON’T have to spend a penny to use them! […]

The most dangerous road in Leicestershire is through the Harborough District according to new research – and it’s even worse than the M1 Motorway! The unwanted accolade for the A6 emerged from analysis of Department of Transport data detailing nearly 130,000 traffic accidents in Britain during the past year. It’s one of the key routes […]

Local tradespeople are again being urged to remove expensive tools from their vans at night – following another spate of break-ins during the past two weeks. Other precautions when leaving vans unattended include making sure your vehicle is alarmed, and parked right up against another van, or the wall of a property, to make access […]

As the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One approaches, it’s been announced The Royal British Legion will be back at Market Harborough Market from this Saturday. The organisation, which provides vital help and welfare to the serving forces, ex-service community and their families, will be collecting for its Poppy Appeal in the […]