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Market Harborough Rotary Club has been handed £750 by the town’s Medical Centre as a thank you for its support during Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinics. 35 volunteers have dedicated over 700 hours in the past year to help manage car parking and patient queues at the Coventry Road surgery. The cash, which will help […]

Environmental campaigners have presented a petition to Harborough’s MP demanding the government does more to tackle climate change. Signed by over 500 people, it was handed over to Neil O’Brien during a gathering by the Old Grammar School today, where people held placards calling for more to be done to deal with the issue. The […]

Five people have been arrested across Harborough during the first week of the Police’s Christmas drink and drug drive campaign. Two drivers in Market Harborough failed roadside tests, one was under the influence of drink, the other drugs. Three others were arrested in other parts of the district – one for failing a roadside breath […]

A plaque dedicated to the memory of a World War One soldier – found is a school cupboard in Kibworth – has been reunited with his family after an appeal on Hfm. Gunner Frank Kirby, who lived in Leicester, was killed in action in France in 1917 aged 26. The plaque was found in a […]

There will be no train services from Market Harborough this weekend. It’s due to engineering works connected with the electrification of the tracks to Kettering. East Midlands Railway will operate a replacement bus service instead, taking passengers north to Leicester and south to Kettering, where they can then catch trains. More details HERE  

Leicestershire County Council is set to increase it’s share of council tax bills. The authority is proposing a 3% rise, meaning people living in a Band D property across Harborough paying an extra £42.30 a year. It’s warning increasing costs to look after vulnerable children and adults is stretching its finances to unrepresented levels as […]

A Police officer shot in the face while protecting an elderly couple in Desborough has won a national bravery award. Sergeant Dave Cayton was hit by several ball bearings while tackling a man at a house in Neuville Way last November and despite intense pain was able to arrest him. The weapon repeatedly discharged at […]

This year’s Poppy Appeal in and around Market Harborough has raised over £24,000 – nearly three times the amount last year. The town’s branch of the Royal British Legion is thanking all who donated last month, saying the support was amazing. Members manned a stall at Harborough Market with the help of volunteers from Harborough […]

Extended opening hours have come into effect today at Market Harborough tip. The household waste and recycling facility on Riverside , which was closed on Thursday and Friday, is now open seven days a week to compensate for the closure of the tip in Kibworth. It is shut for the next year while a major […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien says there must be consequences if government officials broke Coronavirus rules by having a party in Downing Street last Christmas. Boris Johnson issued an apology yesterday and launched an investigation, but said he’d been assured no gathering took place against the rules. Conservative Mr O’Brien told Hfm: “I’m glad to see […]