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A Desborough Mum is urging people to talk to their families as Organ Donation Week begins. Gemma Jolly, 45, has had three liver transplants since 2016, after being diagnosed with a condition where her immune system attacks her liver cells. There is now an opt-out system for organ donation, meaning adults are considered to have […]

Around 3,000 people enjoyed Market Harborough’s first ever Comic Con event yesterday. They got to meet some big names and characters from TV and film, as the town’s Market Hall hosted the big event. Michael Willson who was ‘Cobra’ in the hit 90s TV show Gladiators, actor Christopher Ryan, best known for playing Mike in […]

A Market Harborough family are backing a new fundraising appeal to help Leicestershire’s Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young people. Erin Brant, 16, who has two life-limiting illnesses and is recovering from cancer, spends time at the hospice regularly and her parents have described the care and support as ‘wonderful.’ The charity based in Loughborough […]

A man was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a two-car crash on the outskirts of Market Harborough last night. It happened just before 10.15pm on the B6047 Leicester Road, close to the roundabout by Harborough Innovation Centre. One person sustained minor injuries in collision and Leicestershire Police say a 39-year-old man, who initially fled […]

A woman aged in her 20s has died after a crash on the A427 in Brampton Ash last night. She was a front seat passenger in a black Mini Cooper which left Harborough Road and went down an embankment, before colliding with a fence and coming to rest in a field. Police say the woman, […]

Staff at Wilko in Market Harborough have thanked customers after the store closed for good yesterday. A hand-written sign was placed at the entrance to the shop in St Mary’s Place, as shoppers went in for the final time. The shop has been a long-standing fixture of the shopping centre and 24 workers are being […]

Leicestershire County Council says stopping charging residents to dispose of DIY waste at tips will impact its coffers by up to £1m a year. The government announced earlier this year it will ban local authorities from making such charges, in a bid to reduce fly-tipping. Alongside losing the income, the county council will also have […]

Two new drive-thrus are included in latest plans to expand a business park on the outskirts of Market Harborough at a cost of £16.5m. The units are earmarked for Airfield Business Park off the B6047 Harborough Road, opposite Harborough Innovation Centre. Although it has not been revealed who will occupy them, a council document labels […]

There a fears the side of a building in the centre of Kibworth Beauchamp could collapse. The pavement adjacent to the outbuilding of a house on the High Street has been cordoned off and parking on the road banned. Leicestershire County Council say the ‘safety zone’ has been put in place while repair works are […]

Work by talented artists and makers is on display in the windows of over 30 shops and businesses in Market Harborough. Everything from paintings and photographs to sculpture and textile pieces are on show, after members of the Harborough Artists Cluster teamed up with independent traders in the town centre. A leaflet detailing where all […]