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Highway bosses are considering a number of objections to plans to ban parking on a large stretches of roads outside two Market Harborough schools. Many parents at the town’s C of E Primary Academy and St Joseph’s Primary School say it will create a safety risk for their children, as they will have to be […]

Plans to build the first shops on a new housing estate in Market Harborough are being recommended for the go-ahead. Two retail units, a café and yoga studio will form part of the ‘Local Centre’ at the Airfield Farm site off Leicester Road. The development by Davidsons Developments Ltd will also include 13 apartments, 6 […]

A man has been cleared of illegal fox hunting in a Harborough village. William Hanson was found not guilty following a trial yesterday, after being charged by Leicestershire Police following an incident in Peatling Magna, near Lutterworth last year. The prosecution at Leicester Magistrates’ Court said he had deliberately forced a fox from trees and […]

Dining facilities have been transformed at Market Harborough’s Welland Park Academy. A new bigger dining room created, with brand new kitchen and menus overhauled so they are more nutritious. Market Harborough’s Great British Bake Off winner Frances Quinn officially opened the new Dining Rooms, which can seat 300 students, more than double the previous room. […]

There are just a few days left for people wanting to hold street parties for the King’s Coronation in May to take up the offer of free road closure applications. Over 80 have so far been received by Leicestershire County Council, including a number from in and around Market Harborough. The deadline for applications, which […]

Major maintenance work is to take place to the exterior of Market Harborough’s Symington Building. Repairs to masonry, windows and the building’s tower need to be carried out. Harborough District Council, which owns the historic grade 2-listed building, has allocated £472,000 for the project and is set to appoint a specialist contractor to carry out […]

A teenager seriously injured after falling off a suspected stolen motorbike in Desborough yesterday was arrested by Police. The 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance following the incident on Dunkirk Avenue. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police told HFM: “The incident occurred at about 12.45pm yesterday (Monday, March 27), when the rider of […]

A Desborough man has admitted assaulting two Police officers in Rothwell. Daniel Stocker also pleaded guilty to making use, or attempting to make use of a taser stun-gun in a bid to resist arrest, during the incident in Bridge Street on February 7th. The 32-year-old, of Gold Street, appeared before Northampton Crown Court and was […]

A motorcyclist has been injured in an incident in Desborough. The male rider came off the bike in Dunkirk Avenue at around 12.40pm today and was taken to hospital. An Air Ambulance was among emergency services sent to the scene and landed in the near-by recreation ground. Northamptonshire Police say it appears no other vehicles […]