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A veterinary practice has had plans to build a new surgery on the outskirts of Market Harborough refused for a third time. Concerns over highway safety have led Harborough District Council to refuse the revised application by Rutland Veterinary Practice. It wanted to create a new base on land off the B6047 Melton Road, close […]

The Market Harborough Christmas Fayre is in with a chance of being named Best Day Out in Leicestershire. It is one of 24 places and events to make the final of the new category in the county’s Tourism and Hospitality Awards, following public nominations. The Christmas Fayre, which will return for a tenth time on […]

Mobile cameras are being used as part of a major traffic survey in and around Market Harborough. Automatic counters have also been placed beside roads to record vehicle movements as part of the work by Leicestershire County Council. The data gathered will be used to provide evidence in funding bids for new transport schemes and […]

Plans have been announced to close Market Harborough tip. The facility on Riverside Industrial Estate is one of three Recycling and Household Waste Sites across Leicestershire being earmarked for closure by the cash-strapped county council. If the closure goes ahead, residents would have to travel to Kibworth to dispose of rubbish at the recently revamped […]

Police say no-one was injured after a crash on the A6 in Kibworth. Three vehicles were involved in the collision, between the New Road and Church Road junctions, just before 2.30pm yesterday. One side of Harborough Road was closed while officers dealt with the incident.

Work is underway to repair a roundabout in the centre of Kibworth that was badly damaged when a bus collided with it. The granite stone wall of the Bank roundabout on the High Street is being fixed by Leicestershire County Council during the course of this week. The side of the roundabout was hit by […]

An Academy Trust has been chosen to run a new £9.3m primary school in Market Harborough. Discovery School Trust will take-on the newly named Wellington Place Primary School, which is due to open next September on the Airfield Farm Housing Estate. The trust, which runs 13 primary schools across Leicestershire including Farndon Fields in Market […]

A former children’s home in Market Harborough is set to be brought back into use. Leicestershire County Council plans to use Welland House on St Mary’s Road as a short-stay residential home for parents with young children in need of support. The building has stood empty since the home was closed down a few years […]

Drivers are being warned the road between Fleckney and Wigston will be closed for the next five months so major bridge works take place. The structure on Newton Lane near Newton Harcourt is to be demolished and re-built at a higher level, to allow for overhead wires to be installed as work on the electrification […]

A Market Harborough man arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted in Rothwell has been released on bail. The 37-year-old was questioned after a woman aged in her 40s was assaulted in the Manor Park area of the town between 12pm and 2pm on Friday. Police say the man has been released on bail, pending […]