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The children’s play area in Market Harborough’s Welland Park will be shut for up to three weeks from Monday – including during the school half-term holidays. The closure is to allow for work to take place to lay new paths and improve drainage. Harborough District Council have apologised for any inconvenience the closure will cause […]

People are being asked their views on plans by Harborough District Council to get tough with private landlords who fail tenants. A new policy would allow fines of up to £5,000 be handed out for failures to comply with various regulations, or not making improvements to properties when ordered to do so. There were 88 […]

A campaigner is calling for more local school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. It comes after it was revealed that last year Leicestershire County Council spent £13m to transport youngsters by private taxi to their nearest suitable school, nearly three times the spend five years ago. The council say nearly a […]

A Desborough man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of assaulting two police officers. Daniel Stocker, 32, of Gold Street, is charged with two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker and making use or attempting to make use of a firearm, with intent to resist arrest. The charges […]

Police have launched a new appeal for witnesses three weeks on from a crash which claimed the life of recovery vehicle driver in the north of the Harborough District. Tristian Connell, 37, from the Leicester area, was outside of his vehicle when he was struck by an Audi A4 estate near East Norton, just after […]

A network of ‘family hubs’ will be set up across Leicestershire after the county council was handed government funding of nearly £1m. They will effectively act as a ‘one-stop shop’ to offer advice and help to young people up to the age of 25, on things like parenting, getting into work and stopping smoking. The […]

The ‘Shop Local’ message could soon be emblazoned on banners leading into Market Harborough. Plans are afoot to erect them on lamp posts in St Mary’s Road, Leicester Road and Northampton Road. If planning permission is granted for the installations, Harborough District Council will also use them to get other messages out. Banners are also […]

The probation service for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has been rated ‘inadequate’ by inspectors. They found the service ‘at near crisis management levels’ when they visited in November, with low morale and excessive workloads for staff. HM Inspectorate of Probation have given the service, also known as a Probation Delivery Unit (PDU), just two out […]

Market Harborough’s community cinema is hoping to attract larger audiences now it can show the latest releases. Harborough Cinema has invested in a new state-of-the-art projection system, meaning movies can be screened three to five weeks after their UK release. Based at Harborough Theatre, there are also plans to show films more often, including on […]

Police are hunting thieves who are stealing livestock handling equipment from villages near Market Harborough. Sheep-related equipment including hurdles, sheering machines, guillotine gates, sheep feeders and weigh scales have been stolen from farms and fields in Clipston, Arthingworth, Marston Trussell and Lamport in the past few weeks. Officers are urging farmers to security mark such […]