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A warning has been issued after candles started a fire at a house in Broughton Astley. Two fire crews tackled the blaze in the kitchen of the property in Harvest Way after being called at 6pm yesterday. No-one was injured. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say candles left unattended started the fire. A spokesperson told […]
Demolition work is to begin ahead of the construction of a new Aldi supermarket in Market Harborough. Buildings will be flattened on the former Glenmere Timber site on Rockingham Road to make-way for the £5m store, which will be built over the next ten months. When the new larger store opens next autumn it will […]
A Banking Hub is set to open in Market Harborough town centre in January. It is initially likely to operate from a temporary location, while a search continues for a permanent base for the service, which will allow customers of different banks to receive face-to-face service. The decision to open a hub follows the closure […]
A new use looks to have been found for a Market Harborough bank that will close next year. Agents marketing the Lloyds base say a let has been agreed for the Grade II-listed building, although no more details have been revealed. When it shuts in shuts in March it will be the fourth bank to […]
Harborough Town are being congratulated as the football club’s historic run in the FA Cup continues. The Bees’ prize for beating Tonbridge Angels 4-1 on Saturday is a second-round tie away at League One side Reading. Civic leaders have been quick to praise the team who were in the first round of the competition for […]
Quick-thinking motorists helped avert a potential serious crash when a ‘confused’ elderly driver went the wrong way down the A14 for over six miles. The vehicle was eventually stopped by Police near Rothwell after the man aged in his 90s travelled west along the eastbound carriageway on Saturday evening. Numerous drivers called 999 and did […]
Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has been appointed Shadow Education Minister by the new Conservative leader. He has been named in Kemi Badenoch’s top team after she was declared winner of the Tory leadership contest on Saturday. Mr O’Brien, who spent time as a Health Minister when the Conservatives were in power, will take up his […]
Harborough Town are celebrating another historic moment after reaching the second round of the FA Cup. An emphatic 4-1 win away at Tonbridge Angels has booked the Bees a place in tonight’s draw. Paul Malone gave Harborough a half-time lead before Ben Stephens scored twice and Dan Forbes found the net to seal the amazing […]
Excitement is building ahead of Harborough Town’s historic FA Cup first-round tie tomorrow. The Bees are away at Tonbridge Angels in what is arguably the biggest game in the club’s history. It is the first time the Bees have reached this stage of the competition, under manager Mitch Austin. Harborough Chief Executive Laurence Jones told […]
Harborough District Council is defending the pace at which it is progressing a new Local Plan – that will map out where housing developments will go over the next 15 years. MP Neil O’Brien and opposition councillors have been critical at the speed of the preparation, arguing there has not been enough time to fully […]
