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A fire that destroyed 500 tonnes of hay bales in Weston by Welland early this morning is thought to have been started deliberately. Firefighters were called to a field off Valley Road at 12.25am and worked through the night to extinguish the flames and stop the fire spreading. Farmer Chris Parker from Home Farm in […]

The Coronavirus continues to impact on jobs in the Harborough District, with another increase in unemployment. 2,195 people are out of work and claiming benefits according to official figures out today – 45 more than last month – and more than three times the figure before the lockdown in March. 1210 men and 985 women […]

Harborough District Council is considering selling land which forms part of a controversial redevelopment plan in Market Harborough. Talks are underway with a view to it being bought by housing association Platform Housing Group, which owns the rest of the site at Naseby Square on the Southern Estate. Plans to bulldoze a number of bungalows […]

A recently launched charity in Market Harborough is aiming to tackle the hidden problem of ‘hygiene poverty’ in and around the town. The Market Harborough Hygiene Bank helps those who are struggling to afford basic cleaning and personal hygiene products and works in a similar way to a Foodbank, relying on donations from members of […]

Two people were hurt after a car collided with four parked cars and the porch of a house in Walcote last night. A man and woman were treated by an ambulance crew at the scene after the collision on Lutterworth Road just after 8.30pm. No-one else was injured and Police say no-one was arrested. Two […]

A fire that destroyed over a thousand bales of straw in West Langton was arson. An investigation into the blaze in an open-sided barn on West Langton Road on Sunday evening has concluded it was started deliberately. Fire crews from Market Harborough, Kibworth and Wigston were called to deal with the blaze in an just […]

The popular Priest at the Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church in Market Harborough held his last mass yesterday. Father Owen O’Neill is retiring after 19 years there and some 55 years in ministry. Services with safety measures in place only resumed three weeks ago because of the pandemic. He was presented with gifts […]

A student at Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough has tested positive for Coronavirus. Pupils who had been in close contact with the Year 7 child, aged 11-12, have been told to self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution. The youngster who has tested positive had not been in school since last Tuesday and is […]

There are new calls for action to deal with air pollution along a stretch of the A6 through Kibworth. Level of nitrogen dioxide, caused by vehicle fumes, are still breaching the national limit on part of Leicester Road. Harborough District Council declared an Air Quality Management Area in 2017 and a report concluded improvements to […]

A student at The Kibworth School has tested positive for Coronavirus. Year 8 pupils, aged 12 to 13, have now been told to self-isolate for two weeks. Parents were informed this morning and told not to send them to school. It follows positive cases in the past two weeks at Ridgeway Primary Academy in Market […]