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A man suffered a head injury after being assaulted outside a pub in Market Harborough on Sunday night. The 40-year-old victim was taken to hospital after being punched outside the Freemasons Arms on St Mary’s Road, at around 11pm. Police have today described his condition as ‘stable.’ A 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of […]

Thousands of people have descended on the grounds of Kelmarsh Hall for the Shambala Festival. The four-day music and performing arts event began yesterday, with many festival goers arriving by train in Market Harborough before being bussed to the site. A number of hospitality businesses from in and around Market Harborough are trading at the […]

Young music talent will be showcased at a free festival in Market Harborough tomorrow. Somewhere Fest will take place in the grounds of The Cube at Symington’s Recreation Ground from midday until 8pm. Around 10 acts, all signed to the town’s community record label Somewhere Records, will take to the stage across the day. Ione […]

A Summer Food and Drink Festival takes place in Market Harborough’s Welland Park this weekend. The event between 11am and 8pm tomorrow and on Sunday will see taste sensations on offer from around the world and closer to home with 40 traders. Last year around 15,000 people enjoyed the festival and there will be some […]

A Ukrainian children’s book library has opened in Market Harborough after a 14-year-old girl came up with the idea. It has been set-up at the Methodist Church, where members of the Ukrainian community regularly meet, most of whom moved here when the war broke out. Many of the young Ukrainian children who arrived in Market […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council wants the plan to build a massive new prison near Market Harborough to be abandoned after a decision on it was delayed for a fourth time. The government says it still needs more time to consider the proposal for the 1,700-inmate so-called ‘super jail,’ which is earmarked for land […]

There is a long Bank Holiday weekend of walking in store for two fundraisers from Market Harborough as they trek 100 miles to raise money for LOROS. Friends Gemma Coller and Juliet Sterland decided to support the Leicestershire Hospice because of the specialist care it provided both their mums, before they lost them to cancer. […]

Ukrainian Independence Day is being marked in Market Harborough today. It is 32 years since the country broke away from the Soviet Union and as well as the Ukrainian flag flying in the town centre, lights on the Symington Building and The Square will glow in its yellow and blue colours tonight. Today also marks […]

Students in Market Harborough are celebrating good GCSE results today. These teenagers at Robert Smyth Academy spoke to HFM after they collected theirs: Students are being praised for achieving top grades, despite their studies being disrupted by the pandemic and having to face more challenging exams. A large proportion at both schools achieved Grades at […]

There are increasing fears for the future of Market Harborough’s Wilko store after a sale of the retailer fell through. The GMB union says it has been told there is no hope that most of the business will be saved. The discount homeware chain, which employs around 12,500 staff across 400 shops including in St […]