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Major work has started today to repair the roof on the pavilion at Symington’s Recreation Ground in Market Harborough. The area around the building will be cordoned off for the duration of the work, which is expected to take about six weeks. The work is being carried out by Harborough District Council.     I

A big music festival due to take place at Market Harborough showground in August has been postponed. Organisers of Leicester’s One Big weekend have taken the decision following the delay in easing lockdown restrictions. X Factor winner Sam Bailey and Scouting for Girls were among those set to perform at the two-day event on August […]

A new survey is asking how safe women and girls feel in the Harborough District. It has been launched by Leicestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews, who is preparing to bid for a share of £25m from the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund, to improve safety of public places. The survey asks for personal […]

A man has been charged with arson after a fire at a flat in Market Harborough. He was arrested following the blaze in the kitchen of the property on Ireton Road on Friday evening. Andrew Parkhouse, 53, of Fawdon Place, West Chirton, North Shields, is also charged with assaulting three Police officers and a nurse […]

Plans have been announced for a massive new prison on the outskirts of Market Harborough. It would house around 1,700 male prisoners and be built on land next to HMP Gartree. The new jail, which would create over 600 jobs, would be a Category B training prison, housing long-term and high security prisoners. An MoJ […]

A specialist ward for stroke patients at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough is to close for up to three weeks, so major roofing repairs can be carried out. Additional beds will be provided in the general ward at the Leicester Road site, when work is due to start on July 5th, and at Coalville […]

An inspirational Market Harborough man battling cancer has had his life transformed by a specialist operation on his nerves. Ben Johnson had suffered two years of agonising pain, but can now move more freely and begin to enjoy life again. He funded the operation using some of the £10,000 raised for him last year, when […]

People in Kibworth will get the chance to raise concerns with Police tonight. The Cops On Parks or ‘CoPs’ event will see officers at the Smeeton Road Recreation Ground at 7pm and Warwick Park at 7.45pm. Residents have complained about anti-social behaviour at the parks in recent months, including broken glass being discarded in play […]

Two men have claimed responsibility for wrecking floral displays in Market Harborough and paid for the damage. They handed themselves into Police yesterday and admitted tipping over planters in the town centre late on Tuesday night. The men, aged 19 and 22, have now written letters of apology to Harborough in Bloom volunteers and paid […]

Plans are afoot to mark ‘Thank You Day’ across Harborough. The national event a week on Sunday is being held to show support for all those who have done things to help others during the pandemic and to celebrate the efforts of keyworkers. Harborough District Council is supporting it and a ‘Thank You’ message will […]