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Police have launched an operation targeting drivers who don’t pass horses safely on country lanes across Harborough. Operation Snaffle is in response to concerns from riders about the way some motorists behave when they come across them on the road. The Leicestershire force’s Rural Policing Team is heading up the action and has teamed up […]

Police say no-one was injured after a caravan being towed by a car jack-knifed and overturned on the A14 at lunchtime. It happened on the westbound carriageway between the Rothwell and Kelmarsh junctions at around 12.30pm. The led to long queues as one lane of both carriageways was closed while the caravan was recovered and  […]

There will be free parking in Market Harborough and Lutterworth on four Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. Harborough District Council is to waive charges in its car parks on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd December to help residents during a cost of living crisis and businesses, by encouraging people to shop in the […]

A public consultation into the planned closure of Market Harborough tip will launch next week. Residents will have 12 weeks to have their say on the controversial plan from November 1st, after Leicestershire County Council’s Cabinet voted to push forward with it at a meeting yesterday. The Recycling and Household Waste Site on Riverside is […]

A landowner has pledged to clear flytipping from an area of a Market Harborough business park. More rubbish has been dumped since the mess was first discovered a month ago strewn across a dead-end road at Compass Point Business Park off Northampton Road. Harborough District Council instructed the owner of the land to act and […]

A stunning poppy cascade has been unveiled in Desborough after people of the town united to knit and crochet thousands of woollen poppies. It has been placed on the side of St Giles Church ahead of the launch of the annual Poppy Appeal this weekend, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives at […]

Market Harborough’s In Bloom team are celebrating winning gold in the Britain in Bloom competition. The dedicated team of volunteer gardeners picked up the top accolade after the town was selected to represent the East Midlands in the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society contest. Barbara Tallis, chair of the Market Harborough In Bloom volunteers, spoke to […]

A new bridge over the railway in Kibworth is starting to take shape after the old structure was demolished at the weekend. The historic pedestrian bridge off School Road was flattened and the new bridge structure craned into place while the line was closed to trains. Network Rail engineers worked round-the-clock to complete the first […]

Today is the last chance to suggest improvements to cycling and walking provision in Market Harborough. Over 290 people have so-far come up with ideas for Leicestershire County Council to consider, after it launched a public consultation at the start of the month. You can have your say on-line until midnight using an interactive map […]

Drivers are being warned of road closures in East Farndon while carriageway repairs and re-surfacing work takes place. The two-day work began today on Harborough Road, which is closed from the Back Lane/Main Street junction to Nigel’s Farm, near The Lealand junction. Tomorrow (Tuesday) the road closure will switch from the Back Lane / Main […]