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A new £6m development of 27 affordable homes has been officially opened in Market Harborough as the first residents move in. The scheme off Tymecrosse Gardens, on the Alvington Way estate, is a mix of one-bedroom bungalows and two, three and four-bedroom houses, which have been made available for social rent and shared ownership. With […]

A new ‘Family Hub’ is to be opened in Market Harborough. It will provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for parents and carers to access support and advice on everything from health and relationships to finance and housing. The hub will open in August at the Children and Wellbeing Centre on Coventry Road and will be one of […]

Over 70 shops and businesses in Market Harborough and the District Council are showing their support for Pride month which begins today. Retailers are displaying rainbow flags in their premises, while the Progress Pride Flag has been raised on top of the Symington Building. Lights outside there and on The Square will also illuminate multi-coloured […]

A plan to transform a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough into 79 new flats is being recommended for the go-ahead. The development at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road would see three apartment blocks built of four and five-storeys, to house the one and two-bedroom flats. The historic former flour mill […]

A great-grandmother has been celebrating her 100th birthday in Market Harborough. Florrie Brown is one of the first people in the country to receive a royal birthday card from newly-crowned King Charles, following his coronation. Florrie, who grew up in Wellingborough before moving to the Willows Nursing and Residential Home, marked the special occasion surrounded […]

Vandals have repeatedly targeted a re-vamped children’s play area in Market Harborough. Just two weeks after it was upgraded, a new play tunnel has been damaged, balancing beam broken and rubber mulch damaged at the site in Coales Gardens, on the Alvington Way estate. Harborough District Council is asking anyone with information about who was […]

A farm building in a Harborough village has been left badly damaged after a fire broke out late last night. Four fire crews were needed to tackle the blaze on Welford Road in Arnesby, after a 999 call was made just before 11pm. They building was ‘well alight’ when the first firefighters arrived at the […]

A Market Harborough man has been jailed for four years for his involvement in a gang which supplied large amounts of illegal drugs. Conor Sherwood, 28, was arrested after Police uncovered a sophisticated network which transported cocaine and amphetamine from Liverpool to be sold in Northamptonshire, over a two year period from August 2019. It […]

The six-month closure of a well-used pedestrian bridge over the railway in Kibworth has been delayed over safety concerns. Network Rail had planned to shut the structure on School Road later this week, but will now keep it open until the end of June, while further discussions take place about a planned diversion route, which […]

Strike action means there will be no train services from Market Harborough tomorrow and on Saturday. Drivers at East Midlands Railway, who are members of the ASLEF union, are walking out in an on-going row over pay and conditions. There will also be disruption on Friday when other staff strike, with a significantly reduced service […]