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Train users are frustrated a car park extension at Market Harborough railway station is not yet open, despite it appearing ready for use. The 200 extra spaces, taking the total number to 500, is the final part of the £53m upgrade of the station. With the current car park regularly becoming full by 9am during […]

A developer has been ordered to stop using a farm track to access a new homes site in Market Harborough, or risk a £20,000 fine. Harborough Council has taken legal action against David Wilson Homes following complaints from neighbours about construction vehicles using the track off Burnmill Road, that runs at the back of Kingston […]

Police patrols are being stepped up in supermarket car parks in Market Harborough after five handbag snatches in ten days. Thieves have been preying on women as they return to their cars. stealing the bags after they had been placed on the ground while shopping is loaded into boots, or inside unlocked vehicles. The thefts […]

Harborough Council has unanimously backed a campaign to reduce the impact of fireworks on animals. A motion by Leader Phil King was put to a meeting of the Full Council in response to concerns from the RSPCA and residents about the effects they have on pets and livestock. The Council will now urge suppliers to […]

One person has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after a head-on crash near Foxton last night. It happened on Langton Road just after 6pm and involved a silver VW Polo and blue Toyota Avensis. The male passenger in the back of the Polo was pronounced dead at the scene and […]

A drink driver has been banned from the roads for 18 months after another motorist forced him to stop and took his keys. Niall Derry came to a halt on Stonton Road, near Church Langton, after being seen on the wrong side of the road by the other driver on October the 27th. Police were […]

A controversial planning application to develop 30 acres of land in Great Glen has been with withdrawn just hours before Harborough Council was to consider it. The joint scheme by Leicester Grammar School and Homes England, the government’s housing, land and regeneration agency, included a 60-bedroom Extra Care facility, 32 bungalows and new sports facilities […]

The go-ahead for a barn conversion next to the runway of the Gliding Centre in Husbands Bosworth has been overturned by the High Court on safety grounds. Harborough Council granted planning permission for the development off Sibbertoft Road earlier this year. But a judge, considering a Judicial Review challenge from the Gliding Centre, has deemed […]

The Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth is appealing for support as it cares for over 250 orphaned hedgehogs. Around ten a day are being dropped off at the rescue centre, with milder weather earlier in the autumn thought to be behind the influx, with babies being born later than normal and then being found on […]

Severn Trent say water supplies have returned to normal after problems in parts of Market Harborough and Little Bowden yesterday evening. Some people were left with no water and others with extremely low pressure, The company says it was made aware of the issue at around 5.30pm and dispatched engineers to investigate, with the issue […]