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Two ‘wanted’ men are being questioned by Police after an eleven mile high-speed pursuit between Market Harborough and Corby. A stolen BMW, believed to be linked to criminality, failed to stop for officers in the town centre just after 1pm yesterday and reached speeds of over 100mph before it crashed. The occupants fled on foot, […]

The Principal of Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough is urging people to talk more openly about issues affecting young people outside of school. Dan Cleary has written an open letter ahead of the Easter holidays, which has been endorsed by other schools, emergency services, MP Neil O’Brien and the District Council. It refers to […]

People across Harborough wanting to hold a street party for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee have less than two weeks to apply for their road to be closed. Leicestershire County Council has so far received over 100 applications for events during the extended bank holiday in June. The deadline for residents to apply to close their […]

Campaigners are celebrating after plans for a giant new prison near Market Harborough were rejected. Councillors last night voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the 1700-inmate jail, earmarked for land next to Gartree Prison. They ruled it would have a harmful impact on the countryside and went against Harborough District Council’s Local Plan and […]

Market Harborough Building Society is celebrating its best ever financial results as its Chief Executive announces he will step down later this year. Pre-tax profits reached more than £5m last year, the biggest in the society’s history, and new mortgage business increased to a record-breaking £132m. Mark Robinson, who has been Chief Executive since 2007, […]

Major work is to take place to upgrade water pipes in Kibworth and Newton Harcourt. Severn Trent Water is to spend £3m replacing over three miles of ageing pipework with new plastic pipes, in a bid to reduce the number of leaks and bursts in the area. Work will start on Glen Road in Newton […]

Over 400 more houses will be built on two new estates on the edge of Market Harborough. Councillors approved plans at a meeting last night for 315 additional homes at Airfield Farm off Leicester Road, and 123 off Kettering Road, when the second phase of Overstone Park development begins. A separate planning application for a […]

Plans to build a ‘superjail’ near Market Harborough have been rejected. There were cheers from campaigners as councillors last night voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the 1700- inmate prison being built on land near HMP Gartree. Harborough District Council’s planning committee ruled the £300m development would have had a harmful impact on the […]

New monitoring of air pollution caused by the burning of solid fuels is to take place across Harborough. The District Council will use government funding to carry it out and in-turn raise awareness of its potential impact on health., after a successful joint-bid with North West Leicestershire Council for £27,000. The move is aimed at […]

Campaigners against a massive new prison near Market Harborough will hold a protest before a decision is made on if it can be built. They will gather outside the District Council’s Symington Building HQ later today, ahead of a meeting of the planning committee, which will consider the proposal. People opposed to the so-called ‘super-jail’ […]