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The owner of Market Harborough’s Three Swans Hotel has been given to go-ahead to build houses in part of the grounds. Harborough Council has granted planning permission for two, two-bedroomed homes, and one with three-bedrooms. It means Coaching Inn Group can now develop land currently used for storage and overflow car parking, at the back of […]

A giant montage featuring photos of all 205 Year 11 students has been unveiled outside Welland Park Academy, on what would have been the day of their end of year Prom. The Market Harborough school wanted to do something to celebrate the students aged 15 and 16 – the ‘Class of 2020’ – who have […]

A tree has been planted outside All Saints Primary School in Lubenham as a lasting tribute to the way it and neighbouring schools have worked together during the coronavirus pandemic. The silver birch, named the ‘fellowship tree’, was a gift from Husbands Bosworth C of E School – keyworker pupils from there and St Andrew’s […]

An engine fault is being blamed for a pick-up truck bursting into flames on a farm track in Braybrooke. A fire crew from Desborough were called to deal with fire, off Harborough Road, just before 4.30pm yesterday. Firefighters in breathing apparatus tackled the blaze, which left the VW Amarok severely damaged. The driver was not […]

Staff at Harborough Market are facing verbal abuse from customers as they try to keep people safe during the Coronavirus pandemic. They are being shouted and sworn at by a minority who are unhappy at having to queue and follow social distancing measures. The Market says its staff are being targeted on a daily basis […]

Market Harborough’s popular Farmer’s Market will return next Thursday. Social distancing measures will be introduced on The Square, including fencing to create a one-in, one-out queuing system at entry and a revised layout. Hand sanitiser stations will also be in place. Shoppers will be asked not to touch produce without buying and are encouraged to […]

There are concerns about the large amount of litter being left strewn across Little Bowden Recreation Ground after people gather there of an evening. Glass bottles, cans and other rubbish is posing a risk to users of the park and volunteers have been helping to clear it up each morning for the past few days. […]

A man caught red handed dumping rubbish in a country lane and a woman who paid him to take it away have both been fined hundreds of pounds by Harborough Council. Covert CCTV captured the moment the household waste was fly-tipped on Houghton Lane in Stoughton last month. The man from Narborough, who has not […]

Detailed plans have been revealed for a massive new housing estate on the edge of Market Harborough. Persimmon Homes want to build 350 homes on 36 acres of fields between Northampton Road and the Brampton Valley Way, east of the Blackberry Grange estate. The developer has handed a planning application to Harborough Council, which identified […]

There are fears someone will die if people continue to swim in Saddington Reservoir during the hot weather. Hundreds of people have descended on the beauty spot for a second day, with some jumping into the water from height. Swimming is banned due to the dangers that lie beneath the water. Adrian Lole is the […]