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It is hoped that jobless people in the Harborough District will soon be able to move a step closer to employment thanks to a brand new initiative.Called “HIRE” – Helping Improve Rural Employability – it is a programme for individuals who’re ‘economically inactive’ meaning they’ve not looked for work in the last four weeks and/or […]
It has been revealed that one of the pilots involved in a mid-air collision between two single seater gliders over Leicestershire yesterday (Thursday 17th August 2023) was killed during the incident. They were taking part in the British Gliding Association Regional competition, being held at Husbands Bosworth Airfield, but the incident happened in the skies […]
Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough reveals its A-level students have continued to surpass expectations – despite the national return to pre-pandemic grading levels.This time around, Year 13 students have been made to complete full A-Level examinations in line with their peers four years’ ago.This is despite them not having had the experience or opportunity […]
Two weeks into this summer’s Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership Drink Drug Drive campaign, it’s been revealed that four drivers in the Harborough District have been caught over the limit so far. That is out of 63 arrests made across the whole of Leicestershire. Whilst welcoming the relatively low number from our area, […]
Harborough District Council is appealing for information to share with police after graffiti vandalism at Welland Park in Market Harborough. Blue paint has been sprayed onto several pieces of equipment in and around the children’s play area there. A council spokesperson says such vandalism undermines the significant amount of time, effort and money spent on […]
Two people who attacked and injured a 23-year-old man in Market Harborough have pleaded guilty to the offence. 21-year old Tyler Groom, formerly of Harrowden Lane in Finedon, along with an 18-year-old, who can’t be named for legal reasons, were due to stand trial on Monday but pleaded guilty to inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm. Leicester […]
TUESDAY’S LOCAL SPORT RESULTSIn the football, Harborough Town got back to their winning ways onTuesday night (15th August) as they played their first home game of thenew season in the Northern Premier League. The Bees beat visitorsCambridge City by three goals to one at the Community Ground.In the UCL Premier South, it was a different […]
New research commissioned by Vauxhall UK has discovered a lack of on-street electric vehicle charging strategy by local councils – including here in the Harborough District. A Freedom of Information request revealed that over 70% of UK councils still have no strategy in place to provide on-street residential charging for EVs. This is despite the […]
Northamptonshire Police are appealing for further help from the public after a serious theft and knife incident last month in Desborough.It happened on Thursday July 20th, between half past five and eight o’clock in the evening, when a man stole items from two local Co-op stores before threatening a member of the public with a […]
MP for Harborough Neil O’Brien is pressing Harborough District Council to “green” Market Harborough town centre by planting more trees. The MP is calling on Councillors to use government funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund to plant trees on the High Street and elsewhere. Mr O’Brien said: “Market Harborough has a wonderful town centre with […]
