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Leisure Centres in Market Harborough and Lutterworth have re-opened today after being shut for four months because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Gyms and group fitness sessions are available and swimming pools will re-open on August 20th, with swimming lessons re-starting two days later. Matt Hopkin, contract manager for operator Everyone Active, said: “We’d like to […]

A lightning strike to an oil tank is believed to have started a major fire at a farm in a Harborough village last night. Six fire crews, a water carrier and Incident Support Unit were needed to deal with the blaze off Uppingham Road in Skeffington. The fire spread to farm buildings which contained machinery […]

A decision on whether road closures in Market Harborough town centre will continue is set to be made in just over a week. Harborough Council is analysing survey responses after seeking people’s views about Adam and Eve Street and Church Street. Some businesses want the roads re-opened to traffic – saying its impacting trade – […]

Harborough’s Council leader is calling for other areas of Leicestershire to do more to accommodate travellers. It comes after three illegal camps in the past fortnight in Market Harborough, Lutterworth and Dunton Bassett. Cllr Phil King say the Harborough District currently provides nearly half of all permanent and transient sites and other councils need to […]

Firefighters have been called to two kitchen fires in Market Harborough and Desborough. Crews were sent to a house in Rowan Close, Desborough this morning, after neighbours reported smoke coming out of the windows just after 10.30am. Firefighters forced entry as no-one was at home and dealt with the fire that was caused by pan […]

Council bosses have ‘cancelled’ a parking ticket given to the driver of bus while it was parked at a bus stop in Market Harborough town centre. Centrebus has successfully appealed the £70 penalty notice, after a warden ticketed the number 44 earlier this month, while the driver was buying food and drink. Mick Rossiter, Operations […]

Firefighters are appealing for people to ‘drive reasonably’ after an impatient driver got stuck between two fire engines at the scene of a blaze in Scraptoft. The Mercedes squeezed past one by going onto the grass verge on the single-track Covert Lane, but then got stuck between the other appliance and an ambulance. Crews were […]

A giant beach is coming to Market Harborough’s Showground next month as part of a big new event! The week-long ‘Harborough Beach Fest’ will also include fairground rides, a pop-up cafe and bar, summer market, live music and fireworks. It will take place between Tuesday August 25th and August 31st and although a ticketed event, […]

Much-needed resurfacing work costing £2.2m is to be carried out on the A6 Market Harborough bypass this autumn. It will take place on stretch from the Rockingham Road roundabout to the Leicestershire-Northamptonshire border just past Clack Hill. Leicestershire County Council has been handed cash from the government’s ‘local highways maintenance challenge fund’ to pay for […]