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The vital work of a charity has been given a big boost thanks to a £7,000 donation from Market Harborough Building Society. It will be used to provide more specialist counselling sessions for people being supported by HAB Anti-bullying and Mental Health. The Market Harborough-based charity helps those going through bullying issues, mental health, bereavement, […]

The design of this year’s Wistow Maze is in honour of Team GB athletes taking part in this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. The popular visitor attraction near Kibworth contains three miles of pathways across eight-acres and will open on Monday. Wistow Maze owner Diana Brooks told us more about the design and how the […]

A big religious festival for members of the gypsy and traveller community returns to Market Harborough Showground this weekend. Around 3,000 people in about 1,000 caravans are set to attend the five-day Light and Life Christian convention, which is returning for a second year and starts on Sunday. The event will include church and prayer […]

A woman has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Market Harborough town centre. The 61-year-old has been questioned on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, after a man was struck with a glass in Church Street on Sunday night. The victim aged in his 50s was taken to hospital for treatment […]

A Market Harborough man has been jailed for ten years for raping and sexually assaulting a young girl more than 20 years ago. Carl Hamilton first assaulted his victim in 1999 when she was aged just three and continued to abuse her for three years, while he was a teenager. The 39-year-old of Welland Park […]

A woman arrested after a serious crash near Newton Harcourt on Tuesday has been released under investigation. The 57-year-old was held on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drink or drugs and driving while over the prescribed limit. A woman in her 20s is continuing to receive treatment in […]

A fundraiser from Kibworth is heading back to Uganda next week to visit a junior school he helped to rebuild. Roger Piper’s connections with the ‘Friends of Aids Care Education and Training’ charity go back over 20 years, when he was initially involved in raising cash to combat HIV and AIDS in the East African […]

The go-ahead has been given to renew the main inscription on the War Memorial in Market Harborough town centre. The wording has been left virtually illegible because of weathering since the monument was erected on The Square over a hundred years ago, to pay tribute to people from the town who lost their lives during […]

Market Harborough Medical Centre has been affected by a major global IT outage. The surgery is unable to answer phone calls or access any patient information, as its main computer system is down. Patients with pre-booked appointments can still attend, but those with non-urgent conditions who need to speak to someone are being advised to […]