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Market Harborough will host its first ever Writer’s Day on Saturday. The event will include three workshops is being organised by the town’s Story Centre and Writers Hub. Harborough-based singer/songwriter Ele Shepherd will help host one of the workshops, focusing on songwriting skills: The Writer’s Day will take place at the Congregational Church Hall from […]

Opposition councillors are calling for full transparency over the major rewilding project being led by Harborough District Council. The scheme is taking place near Great Bowden after the authority purchased more than 130 acres of land for almost £1.8 million earlier this year, saying the move will help restore a nature-depleted area on a nationally […]

A bakery firm that closed both its Market Harborough stores earlier this week is set to enter voluntary liquidation. Butterwick shut 12 of its 14 sites including the shops on Church Street and at the railway station, leaving more than 60 staff out of work. The owners of the Northamptonshire-based company said the decision was […]

Firefighters from Billesdon are to take on a 150-mile walking challenge in full kit to raise money in memory of a colleague. The fundraiser is in honour of Watch Manager Jon Partridge, who died suddenly in February aged 38, following a medical emergency. The ten-day trek next month will link up all 20 fire stations […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has called for an urgent meeting with East Midlands Railway after the company confirmed it will be reducing the number of carriages on some services. It says a ‘small number of services’ will run with fewer carriages than usual during the winter, as it prepares to introduce its fleet of new […]

A film has been made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Market Harborough’s Millennium Tapestry. The tapestry features over 60 panels depicting buildings and events in the town and remains on display in the Symington Building. More than 40 members of the Harborough u3a group spent over three years making it to mark the new […]

Searches are continuing for a man who has been missing from Desborough since yesterday afternoon. There are concerns for the welfare of 41-year-old Marc, who is described as 6ft 2in tall, with a beard and moustache, and wears glasses. A police helicopter and search and rescue volunteers have been assisting police officers in the search for […]

Harborough District Council is working with Sainsbury’s and Oxfam to tackle an overflow of donations around charity banks in Market Harborough. It is aiming to increase both the capacity and how often collections take place at the Sainsbury’s car park, after a build-up of items beside the containers. HDC is reminding residents that, although well-intentioned, […]

Police are appealing for help to find a man who has been reported missing from Desborough. There are concerns for the welfare of Marc, 41, who was last seen earlier this afternoon. Marc is described as 6ft 2in tall, with a beard and moustache, and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing jeans and a […]

Police are appealing for information after two go-karts were stolen from a storage unit in Desborough. Thieves struck in Brampton Wood Lane and took a red and silver DR Racing kart and a black Shifter kart. The theft happened sometime between August 8th and September 7th. Officers are keen to hear from witnesses or anyone […]