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A motorcyclist was seriously injured after crashing on the outskirts of Kibworth yesterday evening. The male rider was taken to the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire by Air Ambulance, after coming off his bike on Warwick Road at around 5.15pm. Leicestershire Police say it is not not believed his injuries are life-threatening. No other vehicles […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new housing estate in Great Bowden. Harborough Council’s planning committee approved the plan for 33 homes to go up on the Bowden Fencing site, off Leicester Lane, when it met last night in a virtual on-line meeting. The plan was narrowly approved, with five members of the Planning […]

An investigation is to be launched after pieces of plastic were found strewn across land between Market Harborough and Lubenham. It appears to have been ploughed into the large field, adjacent to the Airfield Farm Development. A jogger who noticed it alerted authorities – Leicestershire County Council says it is working with Harborough Council and […]

Severn Trent has deployed water tankers to Kibworth Harcourt in a bid to restore supplies. People in parts of the village, as well as those in the Langtons and Glooston were left without water for over 23 hours yesterday – the third time since Sunday that taps ran dry. The tankers are injecting water directly […]

Work has re-started on the construction of a new pub in Market Harborough. Brewery Marston’s say it’s resumed in-line with government working guidelines, after contractors left the site off Rockingham Road in March, when the Coronavirus lockdown came into force. The brewery says it hopes the pub – to be called The Roebuck – will […]

A ‘lock-down rock snake’ is making its way around the outside of a play park on Market Harborough’s Farndon Field Estate! With the play equipment currently closed, youngsters are decorating rocks and writing messages on them, before adding them to snake daily. It is currently 10 metres long and the aim is to stretch it […]

Drivers are being warned on-street parking restrictions in Market Harborough remain in force. Enforcement teams were scaled back when the lock-down came into force, although patrols have been upped this week to reflect the increase in traffic levels. A number of people were caught out yesterday, with parking tickets placed on numerous cars in the […]

People who continue to help others locally during the Coronavirus pandemic are being thanked during national Volunteers Week. 70 community groups made-up of around 400 volunteers have been operating across the Harborough District, including shopping for those self-isolating, delivering medication and providing a befriending service on the phone. Harborough Council has been working with the […]

There continues to be problems with water supplies in several Harborough villages. Taps ran dry for a second day in the Langtons, Glooston and parts of Kibworth Harcourt last night and people still have no water this morning, or extremely low pressure. Kate Hampson from Tur Langton has a four-week old baby daughter and another […]

Brookside Care Home in Braybrooke is celebrating its 25th anniversary today with a party for residents. Due to the lock-down family members won’t be able to be there, so will join in by video call instead. The home, run by the Clarke family, has been running special events to keep residents entertained in recent weeks, […]