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There are still no permanent toilet facilities at Market Harborough Railway station – 15 months after a major upgrade costing £53m was completed. Passengers have had to use temporary toilets in a portacabin outside the front of the station ever since, and are complaining about how long it is taking for proper toilets to be […]

Fire crews have extinguished a fire in a field off Leicester Road in Market Harborough. Vegetation was being burned, but firefighters acted because it was causing alot of smoke. Crews from Market Harborough and Wigston were sent to the scene, close to Greenacres, just after 10.30pm, as initial reports stated a building was on fire. […]

A man is in hospital after a crash on the A47 between Skeffington and Tugby last night. His Mercedes car was involved in collision with a lorry just after 6.30pm. Police say he was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and his injuries are not life-threatening or life-changing. The road was closed for […]

Latest figures show Harborough has the 72nd highest weekly Coronavirus rate of 315 local authority areas in England. Despite the district appearing in the top half of the list, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 here has started to drop. There were 276 new cases recorded in the week to November 19th, compared […]

A big party has been held at a Market Harborough care home to help resident Eric Clarke celebrate his 103rd birthday! The World War Two veteran was presented with gifts and cards from staff and fellow residents at Lenthall House on the Southern Estate and a giant banner unveiled that read ‘103 years young.’ Eric, […]

A new team of specially-trained volunteer Police officers will help tackle rural crime across Leicestershire, The Special constables will help bolster patrols in countryside locations, working alongside regular officers, and be involved in dealing with everything from illegal hare-coursing and fox hunting to poaching and fly-tipping. The officers, who have full policing powers, give up […]

More financial support is to be made available to small businesses across Harborough impacted by the pandemic. The District Council has been handed £1.8m by the government to distribute between now and March. It will be aimed helping businesses who have not been eligible for help through another grant scheme announced last week. The so-called […]

New plans have been announced to re-develop the former Enigma Nightclub in Market Harborough. A planning application to turn it into three apartments and a ten-bed HMO (a house in multiple occupation) has been handed in. It replaces a previous scheme approved in 2017/18 for five apartments. The Café Bar and Restaurant will be unaffected, […]

The Great Bowden Recital Trust is to stage its first ever Virtual Concert this Sunday. Members of the group’s ensembles and choirs have performed in their own homes, with recordings being combined ahead of the on-line gig, which will feature performances by GBRT Adult Vocal Choir, Flute Choir, Orchestra and Youth Vocal Choir. There will […]