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Holiday clubs launch today for children across Harborough who receive benefit-related free school meals. The initiative is running throughout the summer holidays at a number of venues, including the Farndon Fields and C of E Primary schools in Market Harborough. There are free activities for school-aged children alongside a daily nutritious meal. Harborough Leisure Centre […]

There has been an outpouring of support for a family left homeless and without any possessions after a fire at their house in a Harborough village. An appeal was launched following the blaze in Claybrooke Magna on Monday, with left a mother and her children aged 2, 5 and 7 with nothing. Nearly 200 bags […]

Staff and volunteers at Foxton Locks are being praised after the popular tourist attraction achieved Green Flag status for a third year. The accreditation is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces and recognises those which are well-run and managed. Linny Beaumont, regional director at the Canal & River Trust, which has been handed […]

Two best friends are aiming to revive youth theatre in Market Harborough after launching a new group. RoseWood Theatre Company has been set-up by performing arts enthusiasts Annie Woodford and Alice Benstead and aims to fill a hole left by the closure of Market Harborough Musical Theatre and the Spotlight Theatre Company. The pair aim […]

Cuts are set to be made to Leicestershire’s Recycling and Household Waste Site service. A series of cost-saving measures are being considered, but as yet no details have been announced. Previously, opening hours at some sites have been reduced to save money. Leicestershire County Council needs to make savings totalling £420,000 from the service over […]

Roadworks which would have caused delays for drivers on the A6 in Kibworth this weekend have been postponed. Severn Trent Water was due to carry out work with four-way temporary traffic lights at the Church Road/Marsh Drive junctions on Saturday and Sunday. The firm has taken the decision to avoid traffic problems in light of […]

Harborough’s MP has raised concerns about how a major event being held at Market Harborough Showground was communicated to residents and businesses. Details about the Christian convention by the Light and Life Mission, which will run from Saturday until Thursday and could attract over 2000 people, only emerged at the start of the week. The […]

The first of two days of strike action means a severely reduced rail service from Market Harborough today. Members of the RMT Union at East Midlands Railway have walked out in their on-going dispute over pay and conditions and will do so again on Saturday. James Coxon from EMR is urging passengers to be prepared:  

The Fire Brigades Union has called for the resignation of Northamptonshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. It is after Stephen Mold appointed an interim fire chief despite her having no operational experience, before she stood down after less than two weeks in the role. Conservative Mr Mold said speculation over his friendship with Nicci Marzec […]

A TV drama is telling the tragic story of how a man who grew up in Market Harborough murdered his older lover following physical and mental torture. Former churchwarden Ben Field was jailed for 36 years in 2019, following the death of 69-year-old Peter Farquhar in the village of Maids Moreton in Buckinghamshire four years […]