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Drivers are being warned stretches of the A14 will be shut overnight for the next few weeks while streetlights are upgraded. Most of the closures will be on the eastbound carriageway between junction 3 near Rothwell and junction 7 at Kettering, on weekdays between 8pm and 5am. National Highways is replacing the existing streetlamps with […]

A pet skunk missing from Braybrooke has been found safe and well over 10 miles away in Corby after spending five weeks on the run. Dominika escaped from owner Jayne McLaughlin’s home last month and had not been seen since a sighting in Market Harborough the following week. Jayne & Dominika visited HFM today The […]

Reduced opening hours have come into force today at tips in Market Harborough and Kibworth as part of county council cost-cutting. The number of days the Recycling and Household Waste Site in Market Harborough is open has been cut from five to three days a week. The facility on Riverside and is now only available […]

The community in Lubenham is being praised after the village was crowned ‘Best Village’ in the East Midlands In Bloom competition. Lubenham In Bloom was formed in 2018 and have won gold awards in the past for floral displays and other environmental initiatives, but it is the first time the dedicated team of volunteers have […]

A Market Harborough author has published his first book and will launch it tomorrow morning. ‘Four Tales of Intrigue’ features a collection of four stories which Peter Kershey says will keep readers guessing until the end. ‘In Conversations with the Moon’ follows the story of Harborough psychologist Paul Warbutton, who finds himself in the depths […]

A Desborough woman who had a life-changing transplant is encouraging people to talk to their loved ones during Organ Donation Week. Kathryn Croker received a kidney from her Dad – a living donor – when a rare condition caused hers to fail when she was a child. More than 200 people are currently on waiting […]

Authorities have met to discuss Saturday’s flash flooding in Market Harborough town centre which resulted in water entering some shops and businesses. Officers from Leicestershire Council Council and Harborough District Council were involved in the talks, together with Anglian Water which is responsible for drainage in the town. Cllr Ozzie O’Shea, cabinet member for highways […]

An amber warning for heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office for areas including Leicestershire and Nortamptonshire. The new alert warns of further flooding and travel disruption between 6pm today and 6am tomorrow. Nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst-affected regions with “rivers continuing to rise after […]

The go-ahead has been given for Market Harborough’s former NatWest Bank to be transformed into a restaurant and cocktail bar. The building has stood empty since the branch closed over 18 months ago and will become the new home for the Everest Lounge restaurant, which is currently based near-by on St Mary’s Road. Work is […]