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The Great Glen Wheelbarrow Race is the latest big local event to be cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Organisers say they have a responsibility to act in the best interest of visitors, stallholders and volunteers – it was due to take place on September 5th to raise money for Leicestershire’s Loros Hospice. A Desborough […]

Fielding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth is temporary stopping admission of patients. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust says it’s taken the decision because the old building cannot conform to the Government’s social distancing rules. Additional beds have been made available at other community hospitals – including St Luke’s in Market Harborough. A spokesman said: “This temporary measure […]

One of Harborough’s most popular tourist attractios won’t open this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Those who run the Wistow Maze in Wistow say it would be impossible to ensure public safety and social distancing, as it pathways are only one and half metres wide. It will be the first time in 16 years […]

Market Harborough Golf Club has re-opened after the easing of Coronavirus restrictions which had seen it shut for over seven weeks. Members are back on the greens and visitors will be allowed back from next Wednesday. Measures are in place to ensure social-distancing can be observed and people can play safely. Jim Jacobs, a member […]

All 120 pupils from Market Harborough C of E Academy are getting a school dinner today – despite the majority of them not being there! Their families will enjoy one too, with cook Mrs Douglas preparing over 400 hundred portions of her popular curry and chilli dishes. Teachers and other staff will be delivering the […]

People can now book a slot to visit Market Harborough tip when it re-opens on Monday. An on-line booking system has been launched as those wanting to use the waste and recycling site on Riverside will also be able to do so with an appointment. It’s one of seven being re-opened by Leicestershire County Council, […]

Police are appealing for information after a burglar smashed his way into a house in Market Harborough while an elderly couple were asleep. They were awoken by the front door being kicked in and when they went to investigate saw a man running out of their home in Coventry Road. The husband and wife were […]

37 people from the Harborough District have sadly died after testing positive for Coronavirus. Official figures, up until May 1st, show 25 passed away in hospital, 10 in care homes and 2 in their own homes. There are currently 135 known cases of Covid-19 in the District, after Public Health England released the local figure […]

Attacks on prison officers by inmates at HMP Gartree have reached record levels. There were 81 incidents last year – a 33% increase on 2018 – and nearly four times the number in 2015. The Independent Monitoring Board, which has released the figures in its annual report, says its deeply concerned at the level of […]