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A local fire authority is urging farmers and landowners to be extra vigilant to avoid hay bale and field fires during this year’s harvest. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued the warning due to a recent lack of rain in the HFM area – with dry foliage and shrubbery meaning it doesn’t take long […]
A ‘furniture artist’ from Fleckney is officially launching her first book this evening. Chloe Kempster was approached by a publisher after she appeared on BBC1’s ‘Money For Nothing’ – a consumer programme which aims to save things from being dumped then transform them into valuable pieces. Her resulting book ‘Better Than New’ contains items she […]
Refurbishment work to a significant Market Harborough monument is now underway – and expected to continue for two weeks. Ahead of Remembrance Day this year, Harborough District Councillors pledged to clean and restore the war memorial on The Square in the town centre after it started showing signs of deterioration. Scaffolding is in place for […]
Market Harborough town centre will soon get a new ‘banking hub’ after all – despite being told by operator LINK only last month this wouldn’t happen until all our other banks had shut! It seems the change of heart is due to new rules introduced today by the Financial Conduct Authority – which it’s claimed […]
A Harborough school is ‘top of the class’ for fantastic sports provision! Hallaton Primary School has achieved a ‘School Games GOLD Mark Award’ for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. The accolade is part of a Government-led scheme, launched in 2012, and is facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust. It rewards schools for their commitment […]
Work by over twenty talented artists and makers is on display in the windows of more than thirty shops in Market Harborough. Everything from paintings and photographs to sculpture and textile pieces are featuring, after members of the Harborough Artists Cluster teamed up with traders across the town centre. Lis Naylor has organised ‘Art Windows’ […]
A Market Harborough day centre under threat of closure could be saved for its existing users following a new bid to buy the building. It comes from Market Harborough & The Bowdens Charity; which says it already has the necessary cash to purchase the Roman Way Community Centre. However, Chair of the trustees, John Feavyour […]
A man from Desborough is now behind bars after being convicted of sexually assaulting a girl. 37-year-old Barry Thrower of King Street in the town was found guilty of the assault at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire in October 2022. During sentencing in May, Peterborough Crown Court, heard how his actions “had a huge impact on his […]
Drivers are being warned roadworks will be taking place at the entrance to Sainsbury’s car park in Market Harborough. Severn Trent Water needs to carry out repair work meaning one side of the entrance road will be closed to traffic for up to three days from this Sunday. The firm says access in and out […]
Police say no life-threatening injuries were reported after a two-car crash on the A47 in Houghton on the Hill. Emergency services were called to junction with Main Street just before 2pm yesterday. Firefighters extricated a person from one of the vehicles involved. The road was closed in both directions during the incident.
