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Little Bowden Bowling Club is now much more environmentally-friendly after the completion of a sustainable heating project. Over 20 solar panels are now on the roof of the clubhouse – which is also used by other community groups – and state-of-the-art energy efficient heaters have been installed inside. Grants totalling £30,000 from Harborough District Council […]

Grants totalling thousands of pounds have been handed to a host of charity and community groups in and around Market Harborough thanks to the efforts of swimmers. Over 150 people took part in the Rotary Club’s SwiMarathon in March, with 34 teams taking to the water at Harborough Leisure Centre during the two-day event, hosted […]

Repair work has started today to get the church clock in Market Harborough town centre chiming again. It has been silent for the past few months due to a mechanical failure. A major clean-up was needed ahead of the specialist work, as the clock chamber has been used by two peregrine falcons – which have […]

Police have closed down a flat in Market Harborough suspected of being linked to the production of Class A drugs. Officers enforced the closure at Edwin Court on Kettering Road this morning and the tenant – a man – was evicted. The three-month closure order was granted by Magistrates’ in Leicester, after police applied for […]

Market Harborough’s former NatWest Bank is set to be transformed into a restaurant and cocktail bar. The building on St Mary’s Road would become the new home for the Everest Lounge restaurant if plans are approved, with the business re-locating from its existing base near-by. The plan includes creating the main dining room on the […]

There will be no rail services through Market Harborough next Wednesday due to strike action. East Midlands Railway has announced it will be unable to run any trains on May 8th because drivers are walking out in their long running dispute over pay and conditions. The firm is also warning of potential short-notice cancellations all […]

An appeal for information has been launched after a thief stole a young Harborough scout leader’s hiking and camping equipment worth hundreds of pounds. It was taken at around 2.30pm yesterday after Connor Hurst left two large rucksacks outside his auntie’s house on Rectory Lane in Little Bowden. The 15-year-old had just returned from helping […]

Police have pledged to take any action necessary after reports of vehicles being parked dangerously close to a busy Market Harborough junction. A local resident has catalogued a growing problem with vans and cars parking at the bottom of Brookfield Road – in some cases just yards away from the T-junction with Lubenham Hill – and frequently […]

A Flood Alert is in place for the Harborough area following the weekend’s rainfall. The Environment Agency says there is some flooding in areas near the River Welland through Market Harborough and the River Jordan, from Braybrooke through Little Bowden to the town. The alert was issued reads: “Over the last 24 hours we have […]