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Council bosses are being urged to not allow developers to scrap a bus link road around a new Market Harborough estate. Davidsons Developments agreed to build the road when it was given planning permission for the 600-home estate off Kettering Road, but now wants to replace it with a footpath and cycleway. Residents and Harborough […]

Previously unseen objects from the Hallaton Treasure collection have gone on display at Harborough Museum. They include five Roman cavalry helmet cheek pieces and two replicas of the famous Hallaton Helmet, which has been the centrepiece of displays following one of the most important iron-age discoveries in Britain in the year 2000. The helmet cheek […]

The family of man who died following a crash in Husbands Bosworth last week have paid tribute to him. Jordan Green has been described as ‘an amazing Daddy to his two little girls and someone who would light up a room when he’d walk into it.’ The 29-year-old from Leicester was a rear seat passenger […]

Train drivers at East Midlands Railway are to strike again in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the ASLEF Union will take action on Friday April 5th as part of rolling one-day walk-outs at 16 rail companies nationwide. The union’s General Secretary Mick Whelan said: “Our members voted overwhelmingly – yet again […]

Youngsters across Harborough will be able to travel by bus for free during the Easter holidays. Under 16’s will be able to get on board for no charge after 9.30am on weekdays and all day at weekends and bank holidays between March 23rd and April 7th. Operators Arriva, Stagecoach and Centrebus are among those taking […]

Three masked men forced their way into a flat in Market Harborough and assaulted a man inside. It happened late last night at Edwin Court on Kettering Road. Armed police officers were among those sent to the scene following reports a gunshot had been heard and surrounded the block, telling residents to stay inside their […]

A rare Victorian brooch bought from a market stall for £20 has sold at auction in Market Harborough for over £11,700. Flora Steel only realised how valuable it was through a chance viewing of  TV’s Antiques Roadshow from her home in Rome, having moved there from the UK. The episode featured other brooches in the […]

Homelessness across Harborough has more than tripled in the past five years. New figures show 182 households were assessed as homeless and provided temporary accommodation by Harborough District last year, compared with 49 in 2018/19. The number of people who sought help because of concerns they would become homeless also more than doubled to 640. […]

Today is the last chance to comment on plans to save Market Harborough’s tip from closure. Leicestershire County Council is proposing to keep the facility open three days a week, after back-tracking on a controversial cost-saving proposal to shut it completely. The move would also see opening hours at Kibworth tip reduced to four days […]

Novice runners are celebrating completing a ‘Couch to 5k’ challenge. The ten-week course was run by Harborough Athletics Club with the participants reaching their goal at Market Harborough Parkrun on Saturday. Paul Savage, Judith Croxton, Lisa Lovett, Rob Sidebottom and his wife Rachel Law and junior runners Charlie and Carson, all took up the challenge […]