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Wingates Gallery in Market Harborough has given a bumper supply of paints, brushes, sketchpads and pencils to a school’s art students. The gallery, on St Mary’s Road, has provided the art supplies worth over £1,500 for GCSE and A-level students at Wigston Academy. Louise Claricoates, Director of Learning for Post-16 at Wigston Academy, said: “The […]

Vandals have damaged trees planted in Market Harborough for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year. Branches have been ripped off some and tops snapped off others placed around Burford Green on Western Avenue – one has had to removed. The District Council has reported the criminal damage to the Police and is urging anyone with information […]

Leicestershire Police have opened a book of condolence for the force’s former Chief Constable. Simon Cole was found dead at his home in Kibworth Harcourt on Wednesday morning. The 55-year-old had recently retired from policing, after 12 years of leading the force and more than 30 years in uniform. Tributes continue to flood in from […]

Food vouchers will be offered during the Easter Holidays to families across Harborough struggling with the soaring cost of living. Worth £45, they will be provided to parents or carers of youngsters who qualify for free school meals. They will also be able to access free holiday clubs during the break, as part of the […]

An air ambulance crew was scrambled to assist with a medical emergency in Market Harborough yesterday. The helicopter landed on Burford Green on Western Avenue just before 5.30pm. The crew assisted East Midlands Ambulance Service at an incident near-by. A spokesperson for Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance told Hfm: “The crew were activated at […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new Sainsbury’s store in Desborough which will create 40 jobs. The supermarket giant has been granted planning permission to build it off Harborough Road, close to the BP petrol station on the northern edge of the town. Construction work is due to begin this summer, with the store […]

A Ukrainian government official has thanked people across Harborough for what they are doing to support her country. Agnessa Gorvat is helping co-ordinate donations of aid at a special centre in Ukraine, close to the Hungarian border. Thousands of items given to the Harborough and Northants Ukraine Appeal, which was launched in Great Bowden, were […]

The Home Secretary has been leading tributes to Leicestershire Police’s former Chief Constable who died yesterday. Simon Cole, who was 55, was found at his home in Kibworth Harcourt, after recently retiring from the force having served in policing for over 30 years. Priti Patel said he was ‘passionate about delivering for the people of […]

Today is the last day to pick up free rapid Covid-19 test kits in Market Harborough. From tomorrow, only those who are at risk of serious Covid symptoms or work in high-risk settings will be able to get the lateral flow kits without paying. Leicestershire County Council’s mobile testing programme will stop after today, but […]