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Holiday homes could be built on part of a golf club in the Harborough District if new plans are approved by the Council next month. An application has been submitted to build 21 one and two bedroom chalets at Kilworth Springs Golf Club – together with associated parking, a new access road and external landscaping. […]
Visitors to a popular Market Harborough park now have a new recreational facility to use – thanks to Harborough Welland u3a and funding from the District Council. Brand new Petanque pitches have been built near the café in Welland Park – which anyone can use, free of charge. Around a dozen u3a Petanque players attended […]
Harborough District Council has announced it will now put its long awaited Local Plan out to public consultation. It sets out the authority’s vision, objectives, spatial strategy and planning policies for the period up to 2031. The decision to proceed was made at a meeting of Councillors last night – who decided it would be […]
Northamptonshire Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following the attempted burglary last month at a Desborough supermarket. The incident at the Co-Op Central, in Gladstone Street Desborough, happened on Saturday 22nd February between 10.40pm and 10.50pm. A group of men used tools to force open the doors at the front of the building and […]
TODAY is ‘National School Place Offer Day’ – when students across the HFM area discover which secondary school they’ve been allocated. It’s the first year in which Leicestershire has offered parents up to five preferences – with the County Council revealing 98.31% of youngsters secured one of these, while 90.96% got their first choice secondary school. […]
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after this morning’s fatal road traffic collision in Market Harborough. Leicestershire Police were called to the B6047 Harborough Road just before 1.30am today following a report a black Seat Leon had left the carriageway and overturned. Officers attended, and a woman in her twenties was pronounced dead […]
Harborough’s MP is backing local farmers who’re protesting about the Government’s plans to impose a 20% inheritance tax on agricultural assets next year. From April 6th 2026 the current 100% relief from tax will become restricted to the first £1 million of combined agricultural and business property – although exemptions could still bring the total […]
Organisers of a major fundraiser at Harborough Leisure Centre this Saturday and Sunday say it’s not too late for more swimmers and spectators to get involved. The Rotary Club of Market Harborough reveals so far 27 teams comprising between four and six people have booked in for its 2025 SwiMarathon – including local schools, businesses […]
A brand new all-weather route for walkers, cyclists and wheelchair users between Braybrooke and Market Harborough officially opens today. The idea of the ‘Griffin Trail’ came out of the 2022 Braybrooke Neighbourhood Plan, which identified an overwhelming demand from villagers for safer and more scenic pedestrian access to the town than along the busy main […]
Work is to take place to improve footpaths and drainage in tunnels on the Brampton Valley Way. Two hundred thousand pounds will be spent on the project under the structures near Great Oxendon and Kelmarsh, which flood during heavy rain. The route along the old railway line between Market Harborough and Northampton is popular with […]
