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Wingates Gallery is a family-owned, fully independent business in Market Harborough. Andrew and Kathryn Cartwright, alongside the whole team, pride ourselves on extending a warm and friendly welcome to all of our customers. Wingates Gallery offer great service, a fantastic choice of original art and handmade sculpture whilst allowing you the space to come and […]
Get ready to experience the authentic flavours of India and Nepal as Gurkha Dining prepares to open in Market Harborough. Under new management at the former Shagorika Indian Restaurant on St Mary’s Road, Gurkha Dining will offer a menu inspired by treasured family recipes and generations of culinary tradition. Using the freshest ingredients and carefully […]
Children and families are already enjoying a range of new inclusive play equipment at Welland Park in Market Harborough following a £50,000 investment by Harborough District Council. The improvements are the first phase of a wider programme to make the park more accessible, helping children of all ages and abilities to play, explore and learn […]
A new multi-million-pound fleet of refuse trucks and road sweepers is taking to the roads across the Harborough district. Harborough District Council has invested more than £4 million in 14 new refuse collection vehicles and three road sweepers, replacing an ageing fleet. The council says the new vehicles will improve reliability, reduce maintenance costs and […]
A para-swimmer from Desborough is preparing to represent Team England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Bruce Dee will compete in the S7 50-metre freestyle next week after establishing himself as one of the country’s leading para-swimmers. The 20-year-old, who has dwarfism, made his international debut in 2024 before being selected for the Team GB […]
A man has been arrested after reports of inappropriate comments being made towards children in Market Harborough town centre. Police were called at lunchtime today and detained a 63-year-old suspect on The Square. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “A report was received just after 1pm that a man had made comments of an inappropriate nature […]
Harborough Town Football Club have announced the signing of experienced striker Britt Assombalonga ahead of their first-ever season in the National League North. The 33-year-old arrives at the Beehive with more than 500 senior appearances to his name, including spells in the Championship and League One. Assombalonga has played for a number of clubs during […]
Market Harborough’s peregrine falcons could soon have a new home at one of the town’s historic landmarks. Work has begun to create a nesting platform within the tower of the Symington Building as part of wider restoration work at the listed building. The project is being funded and installed by town-based building firm WW Browns, […]
A High Street shop that has served Market Harborough for more than three decades is to close, with seven jobs set to be lost. The TG Jones store on the High Street – formerly WH Smith – has been trading in the town since 1991. Staff, some of whom have worked at the books and […]
By Chris Harper, Local Democracy Reporter & HFM Leicestershire residents were “ignored” according to critics of an expanded city boundary after data revealed almost 90 per cent of people disagreed with the plan. According to new data released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and seen by the Local Democracy Reporting […]
