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Harborough Town Football Club have a chance to make history tomorrow. The Bees are just one win away from reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup and face Bury FC at the Community Ground. Their opponents were a league club until being expelled from the EFL in 2019 and now play in the […]
Developers have withdrawn a plan to build 40 new ‘affordable’ homes on the edge of the Farndon Fields estate in Market Harborough. The proposal for land off Angell Drive was due to be considered by councillors next week, who had been recommended to turn it down. Planning officers had a number of concerns and over […]
Improvements totalling over £73,000 are to be made at Market Harborough Railway Station. Harborough District Council is to fund additional seating, signage, a welcoming arch, and the creation of a landscaped garden. The council has provided £73,200 through the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund to East Midlands Railway to deliver the work, which is expected […]
Police are appealing for information after number plates were stolen from cars in Desborough. Thieves struck in Union Street and King Street and officers are keen to hear from anyone who noticed people acting suspiciously in both locations. The two cars were targeted last weekend and if you can help, call Northants Police on 101 […]
You will be able to take advantage of free bus travel across Leicestershire on Saturdays from next weekend. The Free Fares scheme has no age restriction and will run on most routes every Saturday from October 19th until November 30th. The scheme is being delivered on behalf of the Leicestershire Enhanced Bus Partnership under its […]
Harborough’s rail users are being warned scammers are trying to target them through bogus social media accounts. East Midlands Railway say 14 fake accounts – purporting to be the company offering help to passengers – have been set-up on X (formerly Twitter) in the past three months, often with the aim of defrauding people. The […]
Revised plans to transform a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough into over 80 apartments are set to be given the go-ahead. Developers want to make small alterations to an already approved plan for three, four and five-storey apartment blocks at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road. Mitchian Welland Ltd, who have […]
Luxury brand Jo Malone is to open a store in Market Harborough later this month. Best known for its fragrances, scented candles and diffusers, the company is creating a number of jobs by moving into a vacant shop on the High Street, formally occupied by Strutt and Parker estate agents. A spokesperson told HFM: “We […]
Work is underway to create a new ‘friendship park’ in a previously overgrown area in Market Harborough town centre which was a magnet for anti-social behaviour. Harborough District Council is spending £30,000 on the project adjacent to the Market Hall car park on Northampton Road, which aims to get people talking. Landscaping work is being […]
Plans to build 40 new ‘affordable’ homes on the edge of the Farndon Fields estate in Market Harborough are set to be refused. Over 50 residents have objected to the proposal for the development on land off Angell Drive and councillors are being urged to reject it when they meet next week. Developer Owl Homes […]
