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Police have welcomed the sentence handed down to a drink driver who was spotted on CCTV in Market Harborough. Keith Goodwin, 54, of Berry Close, Great Bowden, has been banned from driving for 20 months and handed a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. Leicester Magistrates heard […]

Market Harborough’s Bonmarché shop seems set for closure after the company went into administration last month. ‘Closing down sale’ signs have appeared in the windows of the women’s clothing store in St Mary’s Place, which employs around ten full and part-time staff. Administrators say as part of a review of the business, they have identified […]

A development in Kibworth that could have included a new Sainsbury’s appears to have been abandoned after a planning application was withdrawn. Proposals for 22 apartments, a veterinary surgery, gym and offices were also included in the plan for the site, at the corner of Wistow Road and Warwick Road. The supermarket giant had been […]

There will be free parking in Market Harborough on every Saturday throughout December, in a bid to encourage people to shop local. Harborough Council will offer four-hours free parking in its short-term car parks and will waive charges all day in its long-term ones. The initiative will start on December 7th, which is Small Business […]

Plans are being put in place so a ceremony can take place at the World War One Memorial Portico in Market Harborough during the Remembrance period. It currently sits in the middle of a building site, as the only remaining part of the former Cottage Hospital on Coventry Road. Developers are working closely with the […]

Market Harborough’s bonfire and firework display tomorrow has been cancelled. Organisers, the St Joseph’s PTFA, say soggy ground conditions at the site off Coventry Road, together with the forecast of more rain tonight and tomorrow, and strong winds, has forced them to take the decision for health and safety reasons. They say it’s a huge […]

Harborough Council has made an offer to buy a derelict part of the old Harborough Rubber site. The land at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road, that also includes a historic flour mill, has stood vacant for years and was on the market for £1.75m. The Council has made an undisclosed offer […]

Town centre businesses are being urged to help make Market Harborough look its best during the festive season, by having a Christmas tree outside their premises. It’s hoped over 100 will go up, with the town’s Chamber of Trade subsidising the cost of the installation and removal. The cost to have a tree with LED […]

‘Lost Voice Guy’ – the winner of Britain’s Got Talent in 2018 and Paul Sinha from TV’s The Chase will be performing in Market Harborough next year. The comedians will be at ‘The Big Weekend’ event in February as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival, which will also include the return of ‘Dad’s Army Radio […]

An ember from a log burner is the likely cause of a fire in Kibworth yesterday that destroyed a vehicle workshop. Five classic cars in various stages of restoration and repair were wrecked along with three motorbikes following the blaze on Fleckney Road that broke out just before 1pm. Twenty firefighters battled the fire that […]