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There is praise for Market Harborough’s In Bloom team after the town won the East Midlands In Bloom competition for the third year running. The dedicated team of volunteers won the Large Town category of the contest and were handed a gold award at a results ceremony yesterday. They work tirelessly throughout the year to […]

Market Harborough has won the East Midlands In Bloom competition for the third year running. The town’s In Bloom volunteers were crowned winners of the Large Town category of the contest and handed a gold award at the results ceremony in Melton Mowbray this afternoon. Market Harborough was up against five other towns in the […]

A cannabis factory containing over 400 plants with a street value of up to £500,000 has been found by Police in a Harborough village. The discovery was made in a disused farm building in the village of Walton near Lutterworth yesterday by officers from Harborough and Lutterworth neighbourhood policing team. No persons were in the […]

Harborough Athletics Club is celebrating winning two top awards. It has been crowned Club of the Year and won the Community Project of the Year category in the competition run by England Athletics in the East Midlands. The club has seen an increase of its membership and their coaches recently conducted a successful National Sports […]

Market Harborough’s first Veterans Information Fair will take place tomorrow. The event is being organised by Harborough District Council and will be open to all members of the Armed Forces community, with veterans, reservists and those currently serving all invited to attend, along with their families. It is aimed at sharing information on what support […]

Severn Trent Water is being criticised for not carrying out any work for most of yesterday while restrictions were in place on Springfield Street in Market Harborough. The work at the entrance to Sainsbury’s car park has led to lengthy tailbacks, with drivers unable to turn left into the car park or right out of […]

Avatar Dining in Market Harborough has been crowned the county’s Best Fine Dining Restaurant at the Leicestershire Curry Awards. The eatery on St Mary’s Road beat off competition from dozens of others to be handed the prestigious title and an awards ceremony in Leicester last night. It is the third year running the Harborough venue […]

Anglian Water say a storm tank in Market Harborough town centre was operating normally during Saturday’s flash flood. Questions were asked after serious flooding in and around the High Street led to water entering some shops and businesses. The tank – under the Commons Car Park – provides additional storage for rainwater during extreme weather […]

Flagging up some of the area’s many tourist attractions is the thinking behind new, brown, road signs which have just appeared across Harborough. They have been installed by the District Council, on the outskirts of both Market Harborough and Lutterworth. It is hoped the new tourist signage reflects more accurately what is on offer in […]

Harborough’s train operator is being taken to task by passengers disappointed at the axing of two early Sunday services in December. East Midlands Railway’s new timetable shows the first two southbound trains from Market Harborough – at 07.43am and 08.10am – will no longer run. The company says the move it part of changes to […]