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Members of Market Harborough’s Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra are travelling to Scotland this week to perform concerts with fellow musicians they met on-line. They built up a lasting friendship with the Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra after teaming up during the Covid lockdown and the two groups will now get to meet in-person for the first time. The […]

There are calls for a ‘banking hub’ to be created in Market Harborough as the town loses another bank today. HSBC is closing the doors of its branch on High Street for the final time, blaming the decision on more customers using on-line services. It is the second of three bank closures in the town centre […]

A new state-of-the-art sports hall has been opened at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough. Former student Andrew Stamp, a British Youth Olympic trampolining silver medalist, cut the ribbon to officially open the £1.2m facility, which will be used by students and made available to the community. A new all-weather pitch has also been unveiled […]

A Market Harborough Mum has kept a promise to her son by publishing her first book. Rachael Berry reads to five-year-old Leo most nights and said one day she would pen a children’s story for him. Rachael has combined Leo’s imagination with her love for drawing and rhymes to create ‘Sophie’s Rainbow Wish.’ The story […]

Harborough’s MP has welcomed the government’s commitment to fund major new facilities at Leicester’s hospitals. The Royal Infirmary will receive new women’s and intensive care services, a new midwifery-led unit will be built at Leicester General Hospital and extra space created for new services at the Glenfield Hospital. There will also be improvements to car […]

A £3m cash injection to fix more potholes has been approved by Leicestershire County Council. It will mean an additional 30,000 ‘patch repairs’ can be made on roads and pavements, after the authority’s cabinet today agreed to re-direct money into its Highways budget. The move, using cash previously allocated to tackle the impact of the […]

300 people have backed a campaign in Market Harborough calling on the government to do more to help those struggling with energy costs. They have all signed a petition launched by Harborough Climate Action, in support of a nationwide campaign by Friends of the Earth. The ‘Market Harborough for Warm Homes’ campaign is calling for more […]

Young entrepreneurs are to be given the chance to show off their talent at Market Harborough’s first ever Young Trader Market. It will take place on The Square on Saturday July 1st, with anyone aged 16 to 30 with a skill, craft or business idea invited to book a stall. The event, organised by Harborough […]

A row over a shutter is threatening the future of a Market Harborough shop which is the first British fashion brand on the high street in 25 years. It was installed on the front of Venus Cow on Adam and Eve Street to boost security, but Harborough District Council has ordered its removal, because it […]

The new Chairman of Harborough District Council says she hopes to meet as many local people as possible during time in office. Cllr Barbara Johnson will represent the authority at civic functions and community events over the next year and has selected the Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance as her charity for the year. […]