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Leicestershire County Council is proposing its share of council tax by the maximum permitted by government. It would mean people living in Band D homes across the Harborough paying an extra £5.59 a month – a rise of 4.99%. Harborough District Council is set to increase its element of bills by £5 a year and […]

Business bosses across Harborough are being urged to allow people to work from home to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. The infection rate in the District has fallen sharply in recent weeks, but the decrease has started to slow down and plateau, despite the national lockdown. It’s thought more people are travelling to offices during […]

Villagers in North Kilworth look set to be left with no internet or phone lines for the next few days, after a major cable was damaged. Around 400 homes and businesses are affected by the outage, which is causing particular problems for people who are working from home because of the pandemic. Children from St […]

A dad has won a landmark ruling over top-up fees at a Market Harborough nursery, that could have wider implications for nurseries and local authorities across the country. Damian Roche questioned the amount he was paying Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Preschool, as his then three year old daughter Blythe was entitled to 30 hours […]

Over three-quarters of people aged 80 and over in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Figures released this afternoon by NHS England show 40,435 people in the age group have been inoculated, which equates to 76.6%. In Northamptonshire, 87.2% of people aged 80 and over – […]

A Police car was rammed during a 30-minute high-speed pursuit that began in Braybrooke and ended in Brampton Ash. The male driver of a red Audi A3 eventually crashed and was detained with the help of a Police dog, following a foot chase through a field. Northamptonshire Police say the pursuit began at 3.45pm on […]

A warning is being issued about fake emails targeting people waiting for the Coronavirus vaccine. It appears to look genuine, using the NHS logo, and if people click on the link, they are taken to a bogus website which asks for bank details to pay for the jab. Leicestershire Police say the email is a […]

A woman has died after a head-on crash on the A47 near Billesdon this morning. She was driving a blue Mazda 3 car that was involved in collision with a lorry at around 6.50am. Police say the woman, in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene and no one else was injured. The Mazda […]

A busker has been told to stay away from Market Harborough after concerns he was breaching Covid-19 restrictions. Police officers spoke to the man, who regularly plays a harmonica close to the entrance to Sainsbury’s in St Mary’s Place, after being contacted by members of the public. It was thought he had been travelling to […]