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You can get your antiques valued by Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip expert Charles Hanson at Kelmarsh Hall next week. As well as giving free valuations, he’ll be offering assessments on general antiques and collectables, as part of an event organised by Hansons Auctioneers. Charles said: “Time and again I come across items like […]

More disadvantaged youngsters in and around Market Harborough will benefit from time away thanks to the expansion of a Leicestershire charity. Leicester Children’s Holidays is to team up with schools and young people’s groups to offer match funding, so children don’t miss out on trips. The charity will also continue to provide free respite breaks […]

Work has begun to trim around 60 trees in the grounds of a disused church in Market Harborough. Dead or dying branches will be removed and one tree needs to be felled for public safety, after it was found to be in very poor condition following a recent survey. The District Council is carrying out […]

Over 50,000 Covid-19 vaccinations have now been given at Market Harborough Medical Centre. 23,964 people have had one vaccine, 22,473 both doses and 5,075 booster jabs have been given so far. Vaccination clinics have been taking place at the Coventry Road surgery since last December. Together with winter flu vaccines over 60,000 jabs have been […]

Police are appealing for information after a taxi was stolen in Desborough and set on fire on the outskirts of Market Harborough. It was driven off from High Street just before 2am on Saturday after the driver had got out to speak to the passengers, as eight men were trying to fit into the six-seater. […]

An appeal has been made to trace any family members of a Market Harborough man who died recently. The death of Richard James Beech, who was 66 and lived in the Northampton Road area, was reported to the Leicester coroner’s office last week, but there were no details about his next of kin. His death […]

A cafe bar and charity base in Market Harborough are under threat after plans were announced to create new apartments in the town centre. Owner of the former Post Office building on St Mary’s Road, occupied by Louisa’s Place, wants to convert it and the neighbouring building used by HFT, a charity which supports people […]

More buildings in Market Harborough are to turn red in support of this year’s Poppy Appeal. The District Council’s Symington Building and shop fronts on The Square will be illuminated after dark from Thursday until Monday, to coincide with the Remembrance commemorations. The Council has invested in low-energy LED lights which can change colour to […]

If you thought UFOs were in the sky above Husbands Bosworth on Saturday night there was no need to be alarmed – they were gliders with fireworks coming out of them! The AeroSparx team were part of the spectacular display at the Gliding Centre, watched by around 2,000 people, which also helped raise around £300 […]