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Small businesses across Harborough have just today left to apply for a share of £50,000 of government funding to help them prosper and grow. The District Council is administering the scheme, with up to £2,000 available to eligible firms for projects enabling them to ‘Go Green,’ ‘Go Digital’ or ‘Go Innovate’. Applications can be made […]

Plans to build 40 new council houses on a long-standing derelict site in the centre of Desborough are being reviewed. North Northamptonshire Council says further work is being carried out on the potential cost for the development on the former Lawrence’s Factory site. It was initially valued at £9.5m, with the hope government-body Homes England […]

The union representing firefighters and control room staff across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire says they have voted to strike ‘as a last resort’. The government and employers have ten days to improve their 5-percent pay offer, before the the Fire Brigades Union is expected to announce strike dates. It would be the first walk-out by fire […]

A tractor stolen from Weston By Welland earlier this month has been recovered by Police and a man arrested in connection with the theft. The vehicle was found at a farm near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire following enquiries by officers, after it was stolen from premises in Sutton Road on January 14th. A 30-year-old man from […]

Strike action by teachers means schools in Market Harborough will be closed to hundreds of children on Wednesday. Welland Park Academy will be shut to all year groups, apart from Year 11 students who can attend for supervised revision work and youngsters classed as vulnerable. The school says in addition to the industrial action, a […]

Police are working to identify those involved in fighting after Harborough Town Football Club’s home game against Corby Town on Saturday. Large scale disorder broke out in the car park outside the ground involving around 100 people, with a man and a police officer injured and taken to hospital for treatment. Footage from officers’ body-worn […]

One of the largest collections of shipwreck coins could sell for thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer in Market Harborough tomorrow. The sale at Gildings Auctioneers will feature over 50 coins ranging from 1686 to 1806, grouped in the wrecks they were recovered from. Twenty-two of the coins, which are expected to […]

Extinction Rebellion activists have held a protest outside Barclays Bank in Market Harborough. They gathered outside the High Street branch, placing stickers on the front windows suggesting people smash them if there is a climate emergency. The message is a reference to the recent incident in London in which seven women, including the great-grand-daughter of […]

An investigation is underway after fighting broke out after Harborough Town Football Club’s home game against Corby Town today. A man was taken to hospital for treatment and a Police officer injured, after around 100 people were involved in the disorder in the car park outside the ground. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “Early […]

Fundraisers are preparing to hand over more than £3,500 after completing a 12-mile walk in and around Market Harborough. The team secured sponsorship for mental health charity Mind and will present a cheque on Sunday. Carol Tilley has organised the annual fundraiser for the past 40 years, with different charities benefiting each time. She told […]