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Business owners and farmers across the Hfm Region are being warned about a scam email, claiming to be from Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors. A number have received one in the past week – it says inspectors are to visit their premises to perform a spot-check, to ensure Covid-19 safety measures are being adhered […]
A former churchwarden who grew up in Market Harborough has lost an appeal to have his murder conviction overturned. Benjamin Field, 30, was jailed for a minimum of 36 years in 2019, for the murder of pensioner Peter Farquhar in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, following a campaign of physical and mental torture. His barrister previously argued […]
It’s Red Nose Day and a Market Harborough firm has played a vital role in preparing for the big Comic Relief charity event. MRM, based on Farndon Road, have sent out hundreds of thousands of noses, fundraising packs, merchandise and other promotional material over the past two months. Mel Sheldon, Commercial Director at the marketing […]
Market Harborough’s Borough Alliance Football Club hopes it will soon reach its goal of securing a home for the future. Officials have been battling for seven years to get Harborough District Council to give them a long-term lease to use Symington’s Recreation Ground. Talks have now begun between the grassroots club, which has 400 young […]
A search has been launched for the owner of a wedding ring who may have lost it at a Market Harborough factory decades ago. It was found this week during work to unblock a drain in the male toilets at Harboro Rubber Company. The gold ring has ‘KB’ and 3/7 engraved on the inside – […]
A popular Police Community Support Officer was left overwhelmed after schoolchildren in Desborough gave her an impromptu round of applause. PSCO Kerry York was on patrol walking past Havelock Junior School yesterday afternoon, when youngsters having an outdoor PE lesson started clapping, to salute her and say thanks for what she does for the community. […]
More than half of adults living in the Harborough District have now had a Coronavirus vaccine. Just over 40,614 people have received a jab, that’s 53% of those aged 16 and over. Of those vaccinated, 30,992 were aged 55 or over and 9,622 people aged between 16 and 54 have received a first dose. The […]
A warning has been issued to parents in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire over fears easing latest lockdown restrictions will spark a surge in railway trespass incidents involving children. British Transport Police and Network Rail are urging them to emphasise the dangers of youngsters playing around railway lines, while a hard-hitting safety film is also set to be shown […]
Market Harborough has been named as one of Britain’s leading shopping locations. The town is ranked the 27th best performing, and the best in the East Midlands, in a list of 1,000 retail centres compiled by strategic retail property consultancy, Harper Dennis Hobbs. Despite the impact of the pandemic on the High Street, the town […]
Police are launching a new operation aimed at dealing with anti-social behaviour in and around Market Harborough. The appropriately named ‘Operation Behave’ will coincide with the easing of lockdown restrictions, when incidents in parks and open spaces are expected to rise. It will see a dedicated ‘ASB car’, with officers crewing it responding directly to […]
