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Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Kettering and Northampton General and Leicester’s hospitals have begun a month-long strike as they ramp up action in row over pay. It represents a significant escalation in the UNISON members’ on-going campaign, which has already seen several shorter walk-outs. The union says for years, the healthcare support workers were […]

The swimming pool at Harborough Leisure Centre has re-opened today after a two-month closure for refurbishment works. Pool-side improvements have been made, including the installation of new tiles and the plant room has also been upgraded. The work is part of wider on-going improvements at the Northampton Road venue and Lutterworth Sports Centre funded by […]

A Market Harborough Mum has gone on strike in a reality TV show to be screened this weekend. Sam Hunt walked out for a week leaving her husband and teenage daughters to fend for themselves and run the house without her. Filming took place last year after Sam was contacted by the makers of Channel […]

There will be no re-think on how £1m of community funding is allocated across Harborough. The matter was challenged by opposition Conservative councillors – who questioned why some areas will receive more money than others – and was considered by the authority’s Scrutiny Committee last night. Councillors asked officers for clarification on the workings of […]

Thousands of people are set to descend on Market Harborough Showground this weekend as the venue is transformed back to war-time. Operation Market Harborough will include military vehicle displays, re-enactments, 1940s-themed live music and vintage stalls. The WW2 and post war living history event is for the whole family and is taking place tomorrow and […]

Torrential downpours led to flash flooding in Fleckney last night. Water entered some properties as a storm hit the village, with over 40mm of rain falling in less than two hours – the equivalent of three weeks of average August rainfall. Many gardens were flooded and manhole covers were blown out of roads as drains […]

Harborough’s MP is calling for council bosses to release details of where new housing and other developments could go across the area over the next 20 years. Various sites are being considered as part of the formation of the district’s new Local Plan and Neil O’Brien told HFM residents should be told of where they […]

Three vintage superhero comics have sold at auction in Market Harborough for over £13,500. The first editions of ‘The Fantastic Four’ and ‘The Incredible Hulk’ dating from the early 1960s sold for £6,500 and £5,500 respectively, while a copy of ‘The Fantastic Four’ featuring Dr Doom for the first time, achieved a hammer price of […]

A man arrested after a woman was found dead at a house in Kibworth Beauchamp will face no further action. The 26-year-old was questioned and released under investigation after Police were called to an address on Fleckney Road on December 7th last year. Paramedics had found the woman unresponsive and declared her dead at the […]

Work is set to start this autumn to build two new drive-thrus on the outskirts of Market Harborough. Costa Coffee will open in one of the outlets at Airfield Business Park off the B6047, while a search is continuing to find an occupant for the other. The eateries will be part of a wider expansion […]