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A series of recommendations have been made to offer more help to the Armed Forces community across Harborough. Better access to mental health services, greater support with transition to civilian life when people leave the Armed Forces and help for families of serving personnel who may be lonely or isolated have all been highlighted. It […]

Plans have been handed in to Harborough Council to create a new 1,200 home neighbourhood in Scraptoft. Most of the land earmarked for the development is currently used by Scraptoft Golf Club, which would move to a new site should it go-ahead. A primary school, retail centre and healthcare facility is also included. The site […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after around ten men were involved in a street fight in Desborough, during which a car was driven into a number of other vehicles. Officers say one of those involved was armed with a baseball bat and another a wooden plank during the disorder in King Street and Union Street […]

Major work is to take place at Foxton Locks, which will see the historic flight drained of water for three months. Costing around £150,000, it will include replacing the oak gates on half of the ten locks, repairing brickwork in the lock chambers, and installing new lock ladders. The major scheme by the Canal and […]

Market Harborough’s Memorial Gardens have been transformed for the Remembrance period. 254 small white crosses have been placed on one side, each bearing the name of someone from the town who lost their life in World War One, and 73 on the other, as a tribute to those killed in World War Two. It’s the […]

A woman and a young child have been taken to hospital after the car they were in overturned in Kibworth Harcourt. Emergency services were called to the two-car collision on Langton Road, just before 9am. Police say it is not believed the injuries suffered by those involved are serious. The road was closed for an […]

The company that provides non-emergency patient transport ambulances in Northamptonshire is terminating its contract with the NHS there. No reason for the decision has been given by Thames Ambulance Service (TASL), which had to contract until 2022, although the firm says it will ensure a smooth transition to the new provider, East Midlands Ambulance Service, […]

More covert CCTV cameras are to be installed at flytipping hotspots across Harborough. It comes as the Council hands out its fifth fine in four months related to the illegal dumping of rubbish. The cameras, designed to catch people in the act, have already proved successful in helping to prosecute several people this year. More […]

Burglars stole a car from outside a house in Little Bowden in broad daylight after breaking in to steal the keys. The grey BMW 330d, valued at £24,000, was driven off the driveway of the property on the Rockingham View estate, off Glebe Road, on Saturday. It happened between 11.20am and 12.45pm after the intruders […]

A long-awaited meeting to discuss traffic related issues in Market Harborough will take place later this week. The meeting, arranged by local county councillor Sarah Hill will see cross-party councillors and senior officers from Harborough Council meet Leicestershire’s Highway department. Leader of the opposition at Harborough Council, Cllr Phil Knowles, will be one of those […]