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The Learn Academies Trust, which ten Primary Schools in and around Market Harborough  belong to, has been outlining how it will welcome back pupils, after the government said they could re-open in June. The Trust Board met last week to approve plans for a phased approach to the expansion of the provision in its ten […]

Tributes are being paid to a well-known and popular Desborough man who died in a crash a week ago. Michael Harvey, known as Mick, was killed when his electric powered tricycle was involved in collision with a car on Stoke Albany Road last Thursday. Mr Harvey, who was 85, had lived in the town all […]

Latest figures show 52 people living in the Harborough District have died from Coronavirus, including 32 in hospital and 16 in care homes. The figures released by the Office For National Statistics are for the period up to May 23rd. The Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust also says a second patient has sadly died at St […]

Market Harborough’s Robert Smyth Academy has launched a new initiative to help youngsters moving there from Primary schools in September. ‘Transition Plus,’ is aimed at reducing the anxiety of Year 6 pupils aged 10 and 11, as they prepare to join a new school, with the extra worry of how the Coronavirus pandemic will affect […]

A new Post Office will open in Market Harborough town centre in two weeks’ time. The branch will be inside a new convenience store, which is currently being fitted-out on Adam and Eve Street, and will open at 1pm on June 10th. It will replace the current branch inside the GT News shop in St […]

Harborough Council is pledging to do all it can to assist businesses who have been badly affected by the impact of Coronavirus and people left out of work as a result. Last week it was revealed the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the Harborough District has doubled since the pandemic began. Council Leader […]

A mobile Coronavirus Testing Unit has opened in Market Harborough town centre. Anyone aged over five who has symptoms of Covid-19 is eligible for a test, although essential workers will be given priority. Appointments must be booked in advance on-line, with people given a slot for a drive-through test. It is being run by the […]

A man has been jailed for ten weeks for ignoring a ban on entering the majority of Market Harborough. Leigh Marlow was arrested by Police on the High Street on Friday for breaching his Criminal Behaviour Order. It was imposed in January for five years, after he assaulted Police officers, damaged the iconic ‘Tommy’ silhouette […]

A ‘virtual’ Harborough Carnival is to take place next month – in place of the traditional event that has been postponed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Organisers still wanted to do something on carnival day – Saturday June the 13th – and local clubs, bands and businesses will all be joining in on-line, doing demonstrations […]

Police are treating the death of a woman in Market Harborough as ‘unexplained’ but not suspicious. Officers were called to a flat in the Welland Quarter on St Mary’s Road on Saturday afternoon, after the body of the woman in her 50s was found. Police say a file is being prepared for the Coroner.