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Police have charged a man after a pick-up truck crashed in Desborough leaving a woman trapped inside. The driver fled after the Mitsubishi collided with a tree and overturned into a ditch, at the junction of Stoke Albany Road and Brampton Wood Lane at around 11.45pm yesterday. Northants Police say the vehicle had earlier failed […]

It is the final day of trading at Market Harborough’s M & Co store. The High Street shop will close its doors for the last time later, after the clothing and homeware retailer went into administration last December. 170 stores are shutting nationwide, with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs. Although administrators secured the sale […]

Final plans are being put in place for the Hallaton Bottle Kicking on Easter Monday. The historic event is set to see crowds of thousands, as villagers from Hallaton and neighbouring Medbourne battle it out to wrestle bottles over fields in a bid to claim victory. It will also include traditional parades and a church […]

A Market Harborough plant hire firm has been bought by a national operator. Morris Leslie Plant Hire has acquired Harborough Hire Centre for an undisclosed fee. All staff will move to the new company, which will continue to operate from Three Manors Retail Park, off Rockingham Road. A spokesperson said: “All staff will be transferring […]

A Market Harborough charity is searching for a new treasurer. VASL provides a wide range of services to support the community and needs someone to take on the voluntary role, as the person who has held it for the past 12 years is stepping down. Linda Jones is the Chair of Trustees at the charity: […]

Market Harborough Building Society has announced strong financial results for the past year. Their total assets grew to over £600m and they achieved record levels of new mortgage lending of £182m. The strong year has allowed the society to launch its ‘Thrive Agenda,’ which has seen major support in the community, including investing £2m in […]

Grants totalling £8,000 have been handed to community groups across Harborough ahead of the King’s Coronation. Each have been given up to £500 to help towards projects to encourage better health and well-being, or costs of organising events which will bring people together to mark the historic occasion next month. A further £12,000 remains available […]

A Market Harborough coffee shop is to host a big fundraising event later this month. The family fun day at Starbucks on Saturday April 22nd will raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and to help improve accommodation for relatives at Leicester’s Hospitals. There will be loads going on in the shop and collections will also […]

The list of candidates for next month’s local elections across Harborough has been published today. 125 candidates will contest seats in 19 wards across the district, with 34 councillor positions up for grabs. The Conservative party has put forward 31, Liberal Democrats have 34, the Green Party has 30, and Labour has 25. Reform UK […]

Major maintenance work to the outside of Market Harborough’s historic Symington Building is being delayed after bats took up residence in its tower. The discovery means Harborough District Council will now have to obtain a licence and put measures in place to safe-guard the brown long-eared bats, a protected species, before any work can begin. […]