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NHS bosses say major improvements to adult mental health services will benefit people in the Harborough District. The £8m investment across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland over the next three years includes taking on more specialist staff and bringing services closer to where people live. Government cash will fund the improvements and people are being asked […]

Unemployment has fallen across Harborough for the third month running. Figures out today show 1,665 people are out of work and claiming benefits – a fall of 135 compared with June. The 855 men and 675 women make up 3.1% per cent of the working population. Compared with this time last year, 470 less people […]

Leicestershire’s Director of Public Health is urging caution ahead of Coronavirus restrictions being lifted on Monday. Cases across the Harborough District continue to rise – with 268 in the past week – an increase of 102 on the previous seven days. The infection rate of 230 per 100,000 people is below the national average and […]

Residents living near where a proposed new prison will be built on the outskirts of Market Harborough will get the chance to quiz bosses from the Ministry of Justice later. The first of two webinars is being held this evening, after plans for the jail, which would house 1,700 male prisoners were announced last month. […]

Plans to convert an historic office in Market Harborough town centre into eleven apartments could be given the go-ahead next week. The scheme for the Fisher German base at the top of the High Street also includes building ten mews style houses at the rear of the site. The chartered surveyors have used the grade-two […]

A man has appeared in Court and admitted stealing a car which later crashed in Market Harborough, causing over £10,000-worth of damage. The Vauxhall Corsa ended up wedged on top of another car, after it smashed through a wall and collided with vehicles in the car park next to the Cinnamon Lounge on Northampton Road, […]

Over 50,000 meals were provided by Market Harborough’s Jubilee Foodbank in 2020. The voluntary service experienced its busiest ever year, as more people suffered food poverty because of pandemic, with referrals up 30%. The food bank supported nearly 400 households and is thanking all who continue to donate food at drop off points in supermarkets […]

Former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has married his partner Vikki Ager in Market Harborough. He left the Leicester band last year after pleading guilty to assaulting her, but in a statement says he has ‘worked hard’ on himself and building his relationship back up with his bride. They tied the knot yesterday, during a small […]

There will be no need to book to visit recycling and household waste sites in Market Harborough, Kibworth and Lutterworth from Monday. The appointment system introduced last year by Leicestershire County Council is being removed, in-line with the relaxation of Covid-19 rules. The Council is reminding residents that vans, pick-ups and cars with trailers, and […]

The public toilets in Market Harborough town centre are closed today and tomorrow while new internal lighting is installed. The District Council is carrying out the improvement work at the block in the Commons Car Park. It has apologised for the inconvenience the closure will cause.