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Firefighters have been tackling a major blaze in a large former hangar at Desborough Airfield. Six fire engines, an aerial appliance and two water bowsers were called to the scene near Stoke Albany shortly before 8.30pm yesterday. Vehicles and carpets were in the hangar and a huge smoke plume led to a request for nearby […]

A campaign has been launched to stop a much-loved and highly-respected teacher being made redundant from a Harborough village school. Parents say pupils at St Andrew’s C of E Primary School in North Kilworth has thrived under the leadership of Head of School Claire Rodi, which has seen the school recognised as one of the […]

A new publicly-accessible open space and country park is to be created near Market Harborough. Harborough District Council has spent just under £1.8m purchasing over 130 acres of land for the ambitious re-wilding project. The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust will lead the scheme either side of the A6 bypass near Great Bowden. It will restore […]

The Conservatives have won the by-election in Harborough District Council’s Glen Ward. Peter Scott has been elected as the new councillor for the area with a majority of nearly 700 votes. The result means the Conservatives have held the ward, after the poll yesterday was triggered by the resignation of long-standing Conservative councillor James Hallam […]

Hundreds of homes and businesses in villages near Market Harborough and in Rothwell have no water or low pressure because of a major outage. Anglian Water says a problem with a pump has caused the issue and it hopes to have supplies restored by 8pm. Villages including East Farndon, Great Oxendon, Maidwell, Kelmarsh, Clipston and […]

Leicestershire County Council has raised concerns about Harborough’s draft local plan. The authority says the plan – which maps out preferred sites for housing and other developments for the next 16 years – does not do enough to mitigate against the impact over 6,000 new homes in the district will have on roads and transport, […]

An appeal has been launched to find a pet cat that ran off when its owner’s car was involved in crash near Great Glen yesterday. The cat named Tiggs escaped after his carrier door broke open in the collision near the Archers roundabout on the A6. The cat was en-route to the vets at the […]

Residents in the Great Glen area can vote today to elect a new councillor to represent them on Harborough District Council. A by-election is taking place in the Glen Ward with polling stations are open until 10pm at Burton Overy Village Hall, St Cuthberts Community Hall and St Cuthberts School in Great Glen, Newton Harcourt Reading […]

BBC Radio One presenter Jamie Laing has set-off from Market Harborough on the third day of a big fundraising challenge. The former Made In Chelsea star is running five ultra marathons in five days – a total of 150 miles – and has already raised over £100,000 for Comic Relief. Crowds gathered outside the Three […]

Santander is to close its bank in Market Harborough. The branch on the High Street will shut on July 1st because an increasing number of customers are using mobile and internet banking instead of visiting in-person. It is one of 95 branches being closed by the bank nationwide, putting around 750 jobs at risk. Santander […]