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Market Harborough’s popular Classic Car Show has been cancelled for a second year. Organiser, Harborough District Council, has taken the decision due to uncertainty around major events because of the pandemic. When the show was last held in summer 2019, over 25,000 people descended on the town centre. The Council says it plan to bring […]

Questions are being asked about how much a Council paid for a property, connected to the re-development of an elderly people’s housing scheme in Market Harborough. On-line details show the bungalow at 82 Granville Street, and its grounds, were bought by Harborough District Council for £920,000, although is valued at £350,000. It is included in […]

Market Harborough has become the first ‘Compassionate Town’ in the East Midlands. The Loros Hospice has teamed up with the Market Harborough & Bowdens Charity to create the status, which will build on the great community-spirit seen throughout the pandemic. People are being asked to become a ‘Compassionate Neighbour’ or ‘Compassionate Friend’ as part of […]

Vandals responsible for damaging an allotment in Market Harborough were filmed on a CCTV camera they smashed up. A memory card inside the device has been found still in-tact, following the attack on Friday night, at the plot used by adults with learning disabilities. It was the second time in two weeks the site off […]

A campaign has been launched in memory of a popular Market Harborough business owner, that aims to raise £100,000 for the NHS. Raj Aggarwal, who ran Insomnia Coffee Shop at the Symington Building, died from Coronavirus a year ago, aged 51. In the weeks before he fell ill, he delivered free food and drink to […]

A popular Market Harborough GP hangs up his stethoscope for the final time today, as he retires after almost three decades. Doctor Tom Blake joined Market Harborough Medical Centre in 1994 and is leaving on his 60th Birthday. He has spoken to Hfm about how he feels to be retiring and how proud he is […]

An investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in Great Glen. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to an area off Bridgwater Drive, near the river, at 2.30pm yesterday. Leicestershire Police say the man’s death is being treated as ‘unexplained’ and inquiries are continuing. A spokesperson told Hfm: “Shortly before […]

Coronavirus cases across the Harborough District have doubled in a week, although remain the lowest in Leicestershire. There were 22 new cases in the seven days to yesterday, up from 11 the week before, according to the Public Health England figures. All but one of the recent cases were in people under 60. The infection […]

16,200 people living in the Harborough District were furloughed from their jobs last month. The number is thought to have now dropped slightly, with more of the hospitality sector now able to re-open outdoors. The figure has been released by the government along with the latest unemployment numbers, which show a slight reduction in the […]

A Mum from Tur Langton, whose daughter was murdered by her stalking ex-boyfriend, is encouraging people to speak out if they are a victim. Alice Ruggles was 24 when she was killed in 2016, while living in the north-east. Sue Hills and her husband set up a charity Trust in their daughter’s name, to raise […]