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A two-week Police campaign is underway to clampdown on speeding motorcycles and to encourage drivers to pass cyclists safety. It will involve speed checks on the B6047 between Market Harborough, the A47, and Melton Mowbray  – a popular route for bikers – and other education and enforcement activities. Between 2016 and 2019, 29 people died […]

A new drive-in venue coming to Market Harborough is to show the latest films. The East Midlands Drive-In Venue is set to open at the Showground next month. Michael Preston, from Fleckney Events, who are launching the new entertainments venture, said: “In essence we are setting up a drive-in cinema which can show new releases. […]

A pub and café in Market Harborough have had to close their outdoor seating areas, after they were deemed to be breaching government Coronavirus regulations. The Nags Head on Church Street was only open for six hours on Monday, before a Council inspector told staff the area, formally smoking space, was considered ‘enclosed’ so not […]

Vandals have ripped lit bollards out of the ground at a park in Little Bowden. Around ten have been damaged alongside the footpath through Bellfields Recreation Ground off Glebe Road, leaving wires exposed. The vandalism has taken place over recent weeks and Harborough District Council has pledged to replace the bollards as soon as possible. A […]

Residents in Hallaton will vote next month on whether to back a document that will shape the future development of the village. The Neighbourhood Plan referendum will take place on June 3rd, after Harborough District Council gave the go-ahead for the ballot at a meeting last night. If more than 50% of those voting support […]

Market Harborough’s Peacocks store has been saved from closure. The High Street shop, which employs around 8 staff, is one of 200 of the clothing chain’s outlets to be part of a rescue deal announced last week. Administrators have only now confirmed which of the 400 stores will stay open, after the previous owner collapsed […]

New trees have been planted at Little Bowden Recreation Ground, to replace those wrecked by vandals last month. The seven new saplings were donated to Harborough Council’s contractor, FCC Environment, by Coles Nurseries in Thurnby. The previous trees were snapped in half just a couple of weeks after being planted. Vince Edwards from Coles told […]

Traders have been telling Hfm ‘it’s great to be back’, after Harborough Market fully re-opened today. Stallholders have returned to the General Hall for the first time in over three months, including some new ones. The Food Hall at the indoor market has remained open throughout the pandemic, but it only now ‘non-essential’ traders can […]

Tributes are being paid to a popular former Market Harborough Priest, who has died aged 80. Father Owen O’Neill was Priest at Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church for 19 years, before his retirement last September. He dedicated over 50 years of his life to the Ministry and was well-known in the town. Father […]