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Market Harborough town centre will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland this evening for the Christmas Fayre. The event, which gets underway at 5pm, will include around 70 stalls, plenty of food and drink, street performers, reindeer and even falling snow! The High Street will be traffic-free, with roads in and around the town centre […]
Walking Football is increasing in popularity in Market Harborough with over 60 people now playing regularly at Harborough Town FC. The non-contact sport is open to men over 50 and women over 40 and plans are now afoot to start daytime games for the first time. The walking football section ‘Harborough Hornets’ was launched in […]
A strike by conductors and train managers at East Midlands Railway has been suspended to allow new talks. Members of the RMT union were due to take action today and tomorrow in disputes over safety, pay and conditions. The train company says the short notice means it will still run a reduced timetable over the […]
Postal deliveries in and around Market Harborough are being delayed because of staff shortages. Royal Mail say the problem is being caused by high levels of sickness absence at its delivery office on Riverside, together with ‘resourcing issues.’ The firm has apologised and is in the process of recruiting new staff in a bid to […]
People using trains from Market Harborough are being warned of two days of disruption as staff at East Midlands Railway strike. Train managers and senior conductors, who are members of the RMT Union, will walk out tomorrow and on Saturday in ongoing separate disputes over safety, pay and conditions. A reduced timetable means there will […]
A Mum from Kibworth Beauchamp has won a brand new car worth over £37,000 after visiting a Market Harborough garage for a tyre change. Sarah Megan was entered into a prize draw as part of a nationwide competition run by Kwik Fit and Pirelli tyres and her name was pulled out of the hat first. She’s […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was threatened with a knife and robbed of his motorbike in Desborough. It happened in fields off Meissen Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. The boy was approached by three men who kicked him off the Kawasaki off-road bike before one rode off on it. It happened between 2.15pm […]
Market Harborough’s 2012 Lions Club has launched its Christmas card delivery service. Volunteers have teamed up with the Kelmarsh Young Farmers to deliver cards across the town and the Bowdens for a minimum donation of 30p. All proceeds from the initiative will be split between both organisations. Cards can be posted in boxes at the […]
A man has been fined £400 after rubbish removed from his house after a renovation was dumped in a country lane in Great Glen. Harborough District Council’s Enviro-Crime team traced it back to his home in Leicester after it was fly-tipped on Station Road in July. The resident, aged in his 30s, who has not […]
Police will be carrying out more routine stop checks across the Hfm Region as the Christmas drink and drug drive campaign launches. Officers carry out breath tests throughout the year, however with more people out celebrating the festivities with friends and family, risk increases, therefore patrols, proactive drink/drug operations, and roadside checks increase. Activities will […]
