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Residents have welcomed the opening of the first shop on the Wellington Place estate in Market Harborough. The Sainsbury’s Local convenience store opened its doors today at the Local Centre on Harvest Road, bringing with it 16 new jobs. It has been over four years since the first residents moved onto the estate, and until […]

Two motorcyclists were injured in a crash on the B6047 near East Langton yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene on Melton Road shortly before 5pm. One rider sustained a fractured leg, while the other was treated for an arm injury. Police have thanked volunteer medics who provided first aid to the injured […]

A warning has been issued after an elderly woman fell victim to a charity scam in Market Harborough yesterday. Two women, who claimed they were deaf and collecting donations for a deaf or disabled children’s charity, approached her on a path near Sainsbury’s. After the victim agreed to donate £5 using her bank card, she […]

Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough has unveiled plans for a new teaching block as part of a £5.2m project to increase pupil numbers. The two-storey building would contain five classrooms and be built on a disused part of the school site, alongside a new car parking area. A planning application for the new development […]

Harborough District Council has acted after unauthorised work began to create traveller pitches in a village near Lutterworth. All work has been ordered to stop in a field on Woodway Lane in Claybrooke Parva, after several caravans appeared on the site and reports emerged of hardcore being laid. A council spokesperson said: “Harborough District Council […]

A former police officer is among four people facing jail terms for using drones to smuggle contraband into Gartree Prison. Packages including Class A and B drugs, synthetic drug spice, tobacco, and mobile phones were ‘flown to order’ into the jail near Market Harborough during 2021 and 2022. One package intercepted by a prison officer […]

A mobile phone mast in Market Harborough town centre has been removed. The 3G structure, previously used by telecoms provider EE, was taken down today by specialist contractors in the Friendship Park on Northampton Road. The road was temporarily closed while cranes were brought in to lift and remove the mast safely. Video: ADPV www.adpv.co.uk […]

A reward of up to £5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man with links to Northamptonshire wanted for serious drug offences. Matthew Purves is wanted over a conspiracy to supply cocaine across the UK between November 2019 and February 2021. The 40-year old is also wanted on […]

A date has been set for a by-election in Fleckney following the resignation of a Harborough District councillor. Villagers will go to the polls on Thursday, November the 6th, after long-standing Conservative member Stephen Bilbie stepped down earlier this month, when he moved away from the area. Harborough District Council say candidate nominations will be […]

Harborough’s MP is calling for more permanent flagpoles to be installed across his constituency. Neil O’Brien is urging Harborough District Council and others to identify suitable locations, following a national campaign that has seen the Union Flag and St George’s Flag flown from lamp posts. The Conservative MP says permanent displays would create ‘striking gateways’ […]