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Over 100 Sea Cadets and volunteers will parade in Market Harborough tomorrow. The town is hosting the annual Trafalgar Day parade for the first in around ten years and cadets from across the region will be attending. The event commemorates the Royal Navy’s victory in the historic Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The cadets, led […]

Police say and on-the-run prisoner could be in Leicestershire or Northamptonshire. Rhys Allen absconded from HMP Sudbury – an open prison in Derbyshire – in the early hours of Sunday. Officers have released a picture of the 30-year-old, who they say has links to both counties. Allen, who is around 5ft 10ins tall, of slim […]

The majority of pay and display machines in Market Harborough car parks are set to become cashless. The terminals are to be replaced with new technology enabling faster card payments and reducing costs of cash collection. Harborough District Council say allowing mostly card and pay-by-phone payments will result in lower operating costs, allow parking charges […]

A footballer from the Harborough district whose life was saved by a defibrillator has handed in a petition to Downing Street calling for the government to scrap VAT on the devices. Jack Hurley suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed while warming up for a North Kilworth FC game in Husbands Bosworth last year. Fellow players […]

Rail services from Market Harborough are being severely disrupted due to a signalling system fault. East Midlands Railway is unable to run any trains through the Loughborough area in either direction, meaning a number of services have been cancelled. Services between London St Pancras and Sheffield are running and will additionally call at Market Harborough. […]

The world famous FA Cup trophy is to visit Harborough Town ahead of the football club’s historic first round match in the competition. The silverware will be at the Community Football Ground next Thursday  – two days before the Bees travel to Kent to take-on Tonbridge Angels. The club will be opening its doors between […]

You will be able to park for free in Market Harborough and Lutterworth on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. Harborough District Council is to waive charges in its car parks on the 7th, 14th and 21st December to encourage people to ‘shop local’ and support town centre traders. It follows positive feedback from shoppers […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver died in a head-on crash on the A508 near Brixworth yesterday afternoon. The man aged in his 70s was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on Harborough Road which happened at around 2.45pm. He was driving a black Toyota Yaris which was travelling southbound between […]

Volunteers are needed to help plant 5,000 bulbs in Market Harborough’s new Friendship Park. The open space is currently being created on a previously overgrown area of land adjacent to the Market Hall car park on Northampton Road. Harborough District Council is working with the community on the £30,000 project and the mass planting session […]

Plans have been announced to transform the former Carpetright store in Market Harborough into a 24-hour gym. PureGym wants to move into the unit off Rockingham Road, which has been empty since the shop closed in July, when retailer went into administration. The firm, which runs over 350 gyms across the UK, is seeking permission […]