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The go-ahead has been given for a Market Harborough school to build a new state-of-the-art science block. It will go up at Robert Smyth Academy as part of investment into new facilities worth £3.5m. Planning permission has been granted so the two-storey building can be constructed at the rear of the school site, off Burnmill […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council is ‘deeply disappointed’ the area’s Members of Parliament have turned down an invitation to meet him and colleagues ahead of a key decision on housing numbers. The MP’s have differing views to council officers when it comes to the authority deciding whether or not to accept a share of […]

Three more Leicestershire schools have joined a Market Harborough-based Academies Trust. Bottesford, Thrussington and Queniborough C of E Primary Schools have become part of the Learn Academies Trust ((Learn-AT) which now boasts 14 schools, the majority in and around Market Harborough, which all work closely together to share expertise and support. Senior leaders from the […]

A man arrested in connection with an incident in Great Glen during which a schoolgirl was approached has been released on bail. The 62-year-old was questioned by police over an incident in Ashby Rise last Wednesday morning and has been released pending further enquiries. The girl was not injured, but was left shaken after officers […]

Around 200 teddy bears took the plunge from Market Harborough’s St Dionysius Church on Saturday. The teddy zip-line challenge was part of a fun event organised to raise money for Market Harborough C of E Primary Academy school. The school’s PTFA is thanking everyone who supported the event and will announce how much money was […]

Campaigners against a massive new prison being built near Market Harborough say revelations about a newly opened jail in Northamptonshire are ‘deeply concerning’. Three guards at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough have warned inmates are running the prison and if a chaotic culture doesn’t change, ‘someone’s going to get killed’. The whistleblowers have told Sky […]

Police say no-one was seriously injured in a crash on the A6 near Market Harborough. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle collision on Harborough Road, at the Foxton turn close to the McDonald’s roundabout, just after 11am on Saturday. Leicestershire Police say no life-threatening or life-changing injuries were reported and no-one was arrested.

A Police car was involved in a crash near Wistow last night. The patrol car was involved in collision with another vehicle at the crossroads where Leicester Road meets Kibworth Road, just before 11pm. East Midlands Ambulance Service attended the incident. Leicestershire Police say no life-threatening injuries were reported and no arrests were made. The […]

A weekly out-reach health clinic has returned to Medbourne after a gap of over three years. Operated by the South Leicestershire Medical Group, the nurse-led facility has re-opened at the village hall after being halted at the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Providing medical services and support to residents of Medbourne and surrounding areas, it […]

The construction of a temporary footbridge over the railway in Kibworth is set to be completed later this month. It has been going up off School Road during the past two months, after villagers said they would struggle to access schools and shops when the main bridge is closed for demolition work. Network Rail hope […]