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Yet more strike action will disrupt train services from Market Harborough next month. RMT Union members at East Midlands Railway will walk out on November 3rd and 5th, in the on-going row over pay and conditions. Services will also be affected on November 7th when Network Rail staff strike. An EMR spokesman said: “This will […]

A 41-year-old man from Warwickshire has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a crash on the M6 in Leicestershire. Police were called to a report of a collision on the southbound carriageway, near junction 1, just after 4.30am on Friday (14 October). It involved a black BMW 5 Series, which […]

An extra £3.6m of Government cash is enabling Leicestershire County Council to step up the support it’s providing this winter as cost of living pressures bite. The cash will be used to offer emergency food and fuel support totalling £1.5m, triple the amount allocated last year; and will ensure 14,000 children across the county have […]

The go-ahead has been given for 700 new homes in Desborough, despite a quiet cul-de-sac being turned into an access road. The houses will form phase two of the Grange estate, although residents of Rowan Close expressed serious safety concerns, as they estimate around 200 vehicles an hour will use their street at busy times, […]

Campaigners say government spending cuts could impact the plan to build a massive new prison near Market Harborough. New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted ‘decisions of eye-watering difficulty’ lie ahead, after asking all government departments to review spending. A Public Inquiry into the building of the 1700-inmate jail on land near HMP Gartree concluded this […]

A scheme to extend Market Harborough cemetery into a small area of the neighbouring Leisure Centre grounds could be approved next week. An additional 76 burial plots would be created and new trees and hedging planted, if councillors back the recommendation to grant planning permission. The expansion is needed while Harborough District Council continues a […]

Anti-vax activists are being condemned for sticking posters to a World War One memorial in Fleckney. The ‘Tommy’ soldier silhouette was targeted outside the village library. Volunteers who run the library say the act was ‘most disrespectful’ and Harborough MP Neil O’Brien says those responsible should be ashamed of themselves. The posters stuck on the […]

Police found an all-terrain vehicle within hours of it being stolen from a farm near Smeeton Westerby thanks to information from members of the public. The Kawasaki ‘Mule’ was located by officers in a secluded part of the Barnards Way estate in Kibworth Harcourt last night, six hours after the theft at around 1.30pm. Information […]

Plans to build new temporary accommodation for the homeless in Market Harborough town centre are set to be approved next week. Councillors are being recommended to approve plans to demolish a former house on Roman Way, to make way for a three-storey building, which would house nine apartments. The development by Harborough District Council, near […]

The effect the burning of solid fuels is having on air quality is being monitored for the first time in the Harborough District. A special device has been installed in North Kilworth, which is one of several villages with no mains gas, with more people burning solid fuel as their main heat source. Harborough District […]