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The next phase of the multi-million pound project to electrify the Midland Mainline through our area is about the begin. Overhead line equipment will be installed after vegetation has been cleared on the stretch of track from Market Harborough to Wigston, including near The Langtons and Kibworth. The work will include installing piles and various […]

A walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinic has opened in Market Harborough town centre and will be there for the next nine days. Adults and children aged over five who need a first, second third or first booster jabs can just turn up to get one. The mobile unit is open from 9am til 5pm, although on […]

Over 3,500 people responded on the first day of Harborough District Council’s Annual Canvass. Forms began being sent out yesterday by email and post, as the authority works to update its electoral register. All households will receive one and are urged to complete it, to ensure they are registered to vote. The Council received some calls […]

Parents in Market Harborough and the Bowdens are being urged to ensure their children use book vouchers before it’s too late. Over 2,000 youngsters at seven schools have been given a £10 voucher by the town-based Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity, who launched the scheme to help encourage children to enjoy reading. So far over […]

A Market Harborough campaigner has met rail bosses after a blunder further delayed the opening of new toilets at Market Harborough station. Cubicles inside the building are too small, meaning the facilities, which were due to open to passengers today, won’t be available for several more weeks. Cllr Phil Knowles met Network Rail officials at […]

More electric car charging points could be coming to the Harborough District if a bid for £935,000 of government funding is successful. Leicestershire County Council is one of five local authorities to apply for the cash, which would fund 100 points across the county, the majority of which would be placed in residential areas. Council […]

A Market Harborough dental practice is being forced to stop providing NHS treatment to thousands of patients. Brookside Dental has been unable to recruit a new dentist to treat people on the NHS, despite advertising the position for the last year. NHS treatment will end for 4,500 adult patients in October, although the practice is […]

A man accused of seriously injuring a hunt saboteur near Sibbertoft has pleaded not guilty. Chris Mardles, 25, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm, after a horse was ridden over a male activist during a meet in September 2020. Police say the member of the Northants Hunt Saboteurs group suffered a collapsed lung and […]

A fundraising drive has been launched after a much-loved former worker at a Market Harborough children’s nursery was diagnosed with a rare degenerative brain disease. The condition, known as Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), has left Rose Darnbrough with limited speech, mobility and memory, and needing around-the-clock care. Rose, 67, from Lubenham, was a popular member of […]

Owners of a Harborough Well-Being Centre are to appeal the decision to refuse them permission to build sustainable homes on part of the site. Concerns over residential development in the open countryside were among reasons the plan for Archway Health and Well-being Centre was rejected by Harborough District Council. Councillors did grant planning permission for […]