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Harborough’s rural bus services will be boosted from next week. The move by Leicestershire Council will include the introduction of ‘on-demand’ buses in some villages previously without any bus service. Known as ‘FoxConnect’ it will serve villages including Tilton on the Hill, Great Glen, Church Langton, Ashby Magna, and Saddington. Operating in Harborough within four […]

A warning has been issued to drivers after fraudsters targeted car parks in Market Harborough. They attached fake QR codes to pay and display machines, which if scanned on mobile phones takes users to a fake website which requests card payment details. The codes were placed below the ‘Pay By Phone’ information to make them […]

National garage chain ATS Euromaster has closed its service centre in Little Bowden. The branch on Kettering Road, which had been open for many years, is one of a number to be shut nationwide amid cuts to around a third of the company’s network. Customers have been greeted with shutters down and a sign outside […]

You can now have your say on plans for where new developments are set to go across Harborough over the next 16 years. The district council has launched an eight-week public consultation on its draft local plan, which maps out preferred sites for housing estates, business areas, schools and other community infrastructure. The plan includes […]

Police say a suspicious package found in the car park of Gartree Prison was not of any concern. The discovery just after midday prompted a major response from emergency services, with a cordon put in place, residents living close to the jail evacuated and roads closed. Some prison staff were also evacuated. Crews from Leicestershire […]

Greggs is set to open a new store in Market Harborough. The bakery and hot food chain is being lined-up to move into new premises on Welland Business Park. Plans to build a food outlet on the estate were approved last year and a revised proposal has now been submitted to Harborough District Council, detailing […]

The death of a man whose body was found in a car on fire in Market Harborough is not being treated as suspicious. Emergency services were called to a car park on King’s Road near the town centre yesterday morning. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “Just before 6.45am yesterday (Sunday 9 March) police […]

A new bid has been launched to re-establish a direct rail link between Northampton and Market Harborough – dubbed N2MH. The British Regional Transport Association says it represents a growing group of campaigners and supporters who would like to see the old railway line reinstated – to slash journey times, cut congestion and reduce pollution. […]

An appeal for information and sightings has been launched after a quad bike was stolen in Ashley. It was taken from a shed on a farm off Green Lane early on Saturday morning. The Green Yamaha Grizzly, with the registration AE13 AAO, was later seen being driven through Stoke Albany just after 2am, travelling in […]