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Market Harborough Building Society has launched a new Rent to Own initiative aimed at helping local renters build a pathway to homeownership. The scheme will allow eligible tenants to live in five newly renovated flats at MHBS’s Welland House base in the heart of Market Harborough. They’ll receive 60 per cent of the rent they […]

Temporary traffic lights at a busy Market Harborough junction have failed for the second day running, causing further disruption for drivers. The latest problems happened at the Rockingham Road and Gores Lane junction early this morning. It is the latest in a series of failures since the roadworks began, with drivers previously reporting significant delays […]

Several vehicles were involved in a collision on the A6 between Market Harborough and Desborough this morning. The incident happened shortly after 10.40am near the Dingley turn. Police, ambulance crews and firefighters attended the scene, with some of those involved treated by ambulance staff. Northamptonshire Police said at least three vehicles were involved and there […]

Anglian Water is working to fix an issue affecting water supplies in parts of Desborough and Brampton Ash. A pump fault has caused very low water pressure in areas of Desborough, including the Grange Estate and Braybrooke Road. Anglian Water has apologised for the disruption and says engineers are working to repair the fault as […]

Harborough District Council has congratulated HFM after the station secured a further ten-year broadcasting licence from Ofcom. Council leader Simon Whelband praised HFM as a “fantastic community asset”, providing an important genuinely local service to residents across the district. Speaking during this week’s full council meeting, he said: “Congratulations to our community radio station HFM, […]

Drivers in Market Harborough have been left frustrated again after temporary traffic lights failed during this morning’s rush hour. One set at the Rockingham Road and Gores Lane junction was completely out of action, while others were stuck on red, causing gridlock on all approaches. The lights have now failed more than ten times since […]

An interim report has been released into the fatal crash involving two East Midlands Railway trains, which left some passengers who had boarded in Market Harborough injured. Driver Shaun Burton died and 162 people were injured when his Corby to London service collided with the rear of a stationary Nottingham to London train near Bedford […]

The family of a much-loved Market Harborough shopkeeper have launched a fundraising appeal in his memory. Jim Gilbert, who ran Frank Gilbert Housewares on the High Street, died in August aged 78. He had been a familiar face in the town for more than 50 years, running the family business and serving generations of customers. […]

Questions have been raised over the decision to house five asylum seekers in Fleckney. The men have been placed in a property in the village as part of the Government’s Asylum Dispersal Programme. South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa says Fleckney lacks the infrastructure, services and “democratic mix” of a place like Leicester, which he believes […]