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Over 1,500 people across Harborough have registered interest in getting discounted solar panels on their homes. The ‘Solar Together’ scheme was launched earlier this year to encourage people to consider the idea. It encourages residents to come together to invest in renewables through a group-buying scheme, so installations can be offered at the best possible […]

Harborough MP’s is talking to government departments and trading standards officers about the collapse of a Market Harborough furniture store. Furniture Loft on the Riverside Industrial Estate is to cease trading, leaving customers without goods they have paid for. The company was set-up in 2016 after a previous furniture store run by the same person […]

Police were called to a Market Harborough furniture store after a disgruntled customer became aggressive.  Officers attended Furniture Loft after receiving a 999 call this morning. The company has announced it is to cease trading, leaving some customers without goods they have paid for. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “Shortly after 10am today, […]

The next phase of the Airfield Farm development in Market Harborough has been given the go-ahead. 52 new houses will go up on the eastern edge of the site off Leicester Road, after councillors approved plans last night. They will have a mix of two to five bedrooms and 13 of the houses will be […]

A person was taken to hospital after a two-car crash in Market Harborough this morning. One of the vehicles overturned onto its side, following the collision at the junction of Fairfax Road and Western Avenue. Emergency services were called to the scene just before 9am and members of the public assisted until they arrived. A […]

Leicestershire Police have charged a man with illegal hunting. It follows an incident involving a fox in the village of Peatling Magna, near Lutterworth, on January 8th this year. William Hanson, 32, of Swinbrook in Oxfordshire, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with a dog and that the hunting was not of a […]

A Market Harborough furniture store is to close down leaving customers without orders they have paid for. Furniture Loft is to cease trading after being open on the Riverside Industrial Estate for the past six years. Customers who paid for items and awaiting delivery have been told they will not receive them, or get a […]

Building work has started on a new Sainsbury’s store in Desborough. A ground-breaking event has taken place at the site off Harborough Road, to mark to start of construction. The new store, which will go up adjacent to the BP Petrol Station, is set to open next spring, creating 40 jobs and bring a much […]

The findings of an investigation into how a controversial Market Harborough redevelopment plan was handled will not be released to all councillors. A call for Harborough District Council’s ‘Assets Review’ to be shared with all members who wished to see it was rejected at a meeting last night. A motion put forward by Cllr Phil […]

Criminals are using drones to try and get drugs, mobile phones and weapons into Gartree Prison. Incidents have increased in recent months, although staff have been able to intercept some packages. Prison watchdog, the Independent Monitoring Board, has highlighted the problem in its latest report on the jail, near Market Harborough. Tim Norman, Chair of […]