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Around 8,000 people descended on Hallaton as the traditional Easter Monday Bottlekicking event was held for the first time in three years. The pandemic forced the cancellation of the spectacle in 2020 and 2021, so a bumper crowd turned out to mark its return. VIDEO: Andy Carpenter Villagers and visitors from elsewhere lined the streets […]

You’ll soon be able to enjoy Leicestershire beans on toast thanks to an innovative project launched by the Eco Village in Market Harborough. The venue has teamed up with Stanford Hall near Lutterworth to grow nutritious haricot beans in a community supported agriculture project. They are then being turned into meals by the ‘Two Old […]

The historic Hallaton Bottle-Kicking event returns on Easter Monday after a gap of two years. Thousands of people are set to watch the spectacle, which dates back 2000 years and is one of the oldest continued customs in the country. Villagers from Hallaton and neighbouring Medbourne will once again battle it out to wrestle bottles […]

Churches Together in Harborough are holding a special outdoor service today for Good Friday. The event on The Square begins at 10.30 and will include a retelling of the Passion Story by schoolchildren, along with a video presentation on a large screen. The main service will start at 11am and will include well-known hymns. Rev […]

A pick-up truck stolen from Lubenham has been found in Lincolnshire. The vehicle was taken when criminals targeted a number of workshops in and around the village early on Monday. They also stripped doors and a bonnet off two Land Rover Defenders. Police recovered the Ford Ranger in Spalding yesterday – no-one was with the […]

Work will take place to deal with persistent flooding in parts of Market Harborough, Thorpe Langton and Broughton Astley. Leicestershire County Council has approved plans totalling tens of thousands of pounds and is now working on the detailed designs for the flood alleviation schemes. They will take place on: Northampton Road, Market Harborough – to […]

A major bid to help transform bus services across Leicestershire has been rejected by the government. Ministers have turned down the entirety of the County Council’s £58m bid, which would have helped pay for a raft of improvements aimed at encouraging more people to use buses. It would also have helped to secure the future […]

People from across the Harborough District are among around 500 in Leicestershire to have offered space in their homes for refugees from Ukraine. They have registered for the Government’s Home for Ukraine scheme, which will bring individuals and families to the UK who have fled the war in the country. Organisations including Councils, the NHS […]

Burglars have targeted Land Rovers and stolen tools worth over £20,000 during raids in and around Lubenham. The intruders removed doors from a Land Rover Defender which was parked inside a workshop and then stole doors and the bonnet off another parked near-by. Specialist tools were also taken from the workshop, off the A4304 between […]