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Work has begun to create better facilities for cyclists who use Market Harborough Railway station. The ‘Cycle Hub,’ which is costing £180,000, will provide safer sheltered storage space for 140 bikes at the front of the station. The project is being funding by the Department for Transport, East Midlands Railway and Harborough Council. Passengers who […]

Harborough Police had to disperse a number of people from a beauty spot on Saturday afternoon. Officers were called to Eyebrook Reservoir near Great Easton after being alerted by the warden. Those on the site were trespassing, as it is private land, and there were also concerns some were breaching the current lock-down restrictions.

Construction work is to re-start this week on two major new homes sites in the Harborough District. David Wilson Homes is launching what it calls a ‘controlled and phased re-start’ at its Fleckney Fields site in Fleckney and the one on Fleckney Road in Kibworth. Work was halted at both along with many others locally […]

24 fines have been issued to people across Harborough and Wigston for breaching the government’s lock-down restrictions. The £60 on-the-spot fines have all been given to males, apart from on one occasion when a female was issued one. Police say 14 have been issued to people found to be carrying out a non-essential journey on […]

A radio ham from Market Harborough is broadcasting something special this weekend to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Andy Thomas, a member of the Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society, was awarded a special event licence to use the sequence GB 4 VVV, which in morse-code is the interval signal used by the BBC […]

Three teenagers are among five people who have appeared in Court in connection with break-ins at homes and businesses in Market Harborough and elsewhere in Leicestershire. Four are charged with conspiracy to commit burglary between December 2019 and April this year. Jake Ward, 18, of Babington Row, Leicester and Rick Cox, aged 23, of Pochins […]

Market Harborough’s Royal British Legion is urging people to remember the importance of the 75th anniversary of VE Day tomorrow. Celebrations, including a big one planned for Market Harborough, were cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic, so instead many people will decorate their homes to mark the day in 1945 when it was announced the […]

83 people have sadly died in care homes across Leicestershire in the past three weeks after testing positive for Coronavirus. The data released by the Care Quality Commission covers the period between April 10th and May 1st and only relates to deaths that occurred in care homes, not residents who may have died after being […]

Market Harborough’s tip will re-open later this month on an appointment-only basis. People will have to book a 15 minute slot in advance before going to the recycling and household waste site on Riverside. That is so the number of people there at one time is limited, to allow social distancing measures to be maintained. […]

A temporary drive-through Coronavirus test facility has opened in the car park of Harborough Leisure Centre. The appointment-only service is being run by the Army and will be operating from the site off Northampton Road for the next three days. Any essential worker or members of their family who are displaying symptoms of Covid-19 can […]