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Safety checks have been carried out on commercial vehicles using the A6 near Market Harborough today. Police teamed up with officials from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to carry an operation at the McDonald’s roundabout. No details about the number of vehicles stopped or any defects found […]

Calls are being made to tidy-up St Mary’s Road in Market Harborough. Bollards have been knocked down and some road-side trees are dead. Cllr Phil Knowles, Leader of the Opposition at Harborough District Council, spoke to HFM: Leicestershire County Council has pledged to look into the concerns. Cllr Ozzy O’ Shea, cabinet member for highways […]

Market Harborough Carnival returns tomorrow for the first time in three years. The event begins at 10am with 500 runners taking part in the 10K Carnival Run around the streets, followed by the float procession starting at 11.30am. Around 20 floats will travel along the High Street, Coventry Road, Farndon Road, Welland Park Road and […]

A service to celebrate the life of Leicestershire’s former Chief Constable takes place today. Simon Cole was found dead at his home in Kibworth Harcourt in March, just a week after he had retired from the force. The private service for friends and family is taking place at the Leicester Tigers Ground in the city. The […]

Coventry Road in Market Harborough town has re-opened to traffic after being shut for three days. An emergency road closure was put in place on the stretch between The Square and Commons Car Park was closed on Tuesday morning. Severn Trent Water needed to carry out urgent repairs to a leaking water pipe outside the […]

Ten new electric car charging points have been switched on in Market Harborough town centre. They have been installed in the Doddridge Road, St Mary’s West and Angel Street car parks. The charge points have been installed, in partnership with EB Charging, after Harborough District Council was successful in securing Government funding to assist residents […]

Flowers in new wooden planters in Market Harborough are set to thrive for this year’s entry into the East Midlands In Bloom. They have replaced some of the aging blue planters in the town centre after Harborough District Council provided funding for them. The town’s In Bloom volunteers are working hard to ensure floral displays […]

Police are appealing for two motorists to contact them after a motorcyclist died in a crash near Lutterworth on Tuesday morning. Officers say the drivers of a metallic red Mercedes A-Class hatchback and a dark-coloured Volkswagen Tiguan could be key witnesses to the collision, which happened on Peatling Road near Peatling Parva, just before 9am. The […]

People can no longer use Market Harborough tip on Thursday and Fridays. The Household Waste and Recycling facility on Riverside has been available every day for the last six months, but from today the five-day a week opening has been reinstated. The extended opening was made to compensate for the closure of Kibworth Tip, which […]

Preparation work has begun ahead of construction of a new Sainsbury’s store in Desborough. Contractors have moved onto the site off Harborough Road, adjacent to the BP Petrol Station. Building work is due to start within the next few weeks, with the new store set to open in spring 2023, creating 40 jobs. Residents have […]