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Market Harborough’s Christmas lights switch-on will be held on a Saturday this year to encourage more people to be part of it. The event, which in the past has been held on a Friday, will take place on November 18th and will coincide with a three-day food and drink festival on The Square. Organised by […]

Teddy bears will be taking the plunge from the top of Market Harborough’s St Dionysius Church tomorrow! The teddy zip-line challenge is on from midday until 4pm, as part of an event to raise money for the Market Harborough C of E Primary Academy. Youngsters are invited to take their teddies along to give them […]

A campaign in Market Harborough calling on the government to do more to help those struggling with energy costs is stepping up as winter approaches. Hundreds of people have already signed a petition to support the ‘Market Harborough for Warm Homes’ campaign. It is calling for more financial support for people facing unaffordable bills, a […]

Shoplifting across Harborough has increased by 57% in the past year, with 280 incidents reported in the district. Shop workers are calling for police to do more to help with what they call ‘unprecedented levels’ of theft and abuse. The Coalition of Businesses and Staff has written to police and crime commissioners across the country, […]

Police have made an arrest after a young girl was approached by a man in Great Glen. It happened on Ashby Rise just before 8.30am on Wednesday, when a man ‘tapped her on the shoulder.’ He did not speak to the girl and although not injured, she was left shaken by the incident. Officers have […]

The government has awarded the county council a further 1.79 million pounds to help retain and improve rural bus services across Leicestershire. The funding for the years 2024 and 2025 follows a similar amount awarded earlier this year, which led the authority to ‘pause’ a review of its subsidised services, including services in and around Market […]

Two teenagers were arrested after an incident in the grounds of Montsaye Academy in Rothwell as students were leaving to go home. Police say two boys entered the school site on Greening Road at about 3pm yesterday and started making threats, before chasing another boy. Officers were called and arrested boys aged 13 and 15 […]

Grants totalling over £400,000 will help boost community facilities across Harborough. They have been awarded by the District Council using money provided by housing developers. The project to create a new community hub at Kibworth Grammar School Hall, including relocating the village library there, has been boosted by just under £264,000, while Kibworth Scouts and […]

A Market Harborough man is to run 100 miles to raise money for a charity that means a lot to him. Ethan Marsh will trek from Harborough to Hunstanton in an around-the-clock journey, expected to take around 30 hours. Ethan, who only took up running seven months ago and is a regular at Market Harborough […]