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Concern is mounting about the financial impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Harborough District Council. Latest figures show the authority will be left with a funding gap of £1.6m, unless it receives more government support. Increased costs to help people in the community and lost income, from things like parking charges, which were halted for […]

A mas has been charged with a burgling a house in Scotland Road, Little Bowden last month. Raymond Abbott-Moore is also accused of seven other break-ins at homes in Leicester and Rothley during the past two months. The 32-year-old, of no fixed abode, has also been charged with possession of Class B drugs and will […]

A Market Harborough youngster whose life was saved by a multi-organ transplant and his Mum are urging people to talk to their families during Organ Donation Week. Jay Crouch, who is now aged ten, received two new kidneys, a pancreas, liver and bowel in a multi-organ transplant just over two years ago – the donation […]

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after a crash with a tractor towing a trailer on the A47 near Tugby yesterday evening. The male rider was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham by the Air Ambulance following the collision just before 6pm. Fire crews from Market Harborough and Oakham were also called the […]

There has been a delay in the re-opening of Harborough Museum. It was set for today following the enforced shutdown for nearly six months because of the pandemic, but now won’t be until Friday, because of a delay in getting protective safety screens installed. Councillor Richard Blunt, cabinet member for heritage, leisure and arts at […]

Police are trying to trace two young women who may have witnessed a break-in at the Stafford’s Phone Accessories shop in Market Harborough. The front window of the store in St Mary’s Place was smashed during the incident between 12.15 and 12.45am on Friday August 14th. Someone then went into the shop, although nothing was […]

Three burglars who raided 52 supermarkets and convenience stores, including in Market Harborough and surrounding villages, been jailed for a total of more than 18 years. The crime spree across five counties between January and May this year saw cigarettes worth nearly £300,000 stolen and over £100,000 worth of damage caused to premises they targeted. […]

Discounts totalling over half-a-million pounds were claimed by people in and around Market Harborough during the Eat Out To Help Out initiative. The government scheme which ran throughout August, saw 80,000 reduced-price meals eaten in the Harborough parliamentary constituency, which also includes Oadby and Wigston. The total value of discounts offered was £520,000, with 84 […]

A number of students at Montsaye Academy in Rothwell have been told to self-isolate for two weeks after a Year Ten pupil tested positive for coronavirus. Parents of children who had been in close contact with the teenager have been contacted. Ann Davey, Chief Executive Officer at Pathfinder Schools, said: We can confirm that we have […]

Over £6,000 has been raised in less than two days in memory of a homeless man described as one of Kibworth’s most well-liked characters. Known to everyone as ‘Fred’, he was sadly found dead at the Smeeton Road Recreation Ground on Sunday. James Bambury set-up the Justgiving page to raise money for a permanent memorial […]