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A CCTV camera could be placed at the Little Bowden Recreation Ground after anti-social behaviour problems. Harborough Council say the siting of a temporary camera will be considered if the issue continues. Around 50 youths gathered on Saturday night and as well as causing a disturbance left a large amount of litter including smashed bottles. […]

Highway bosses are to apply for £2.2m of government cash to pay for much-needed resurfacing on the A6. If successful it would see the work carried out on the Market Harborough bypass, between the McDonald’s roundabout and Rockingham Road junction, and to the county boundary past Clack Hill. Leicestershire County Council is set to submit […]

Over 700 homes and businesses in Market Harborough and Little Bowden were affected by a power cut this afternoon. Electricity went off just after 3.30pm, including the Northampton Road area, and also caused the traffic lights at the Rockingham Road/Gores Lane junction to fail. Western Power Distribution, who restored all supplies by 5.30pm, say a […]

Two new intensive care units at Leicester Children’s Hospital are to be named after Leicester City’s late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. The tribute has been made by the Leicester Hospitals Charity, in recognition of the £2 million donation he made towards their appeal, following the club’s historic Premier League title win in 2016. The announcement comes […]

Plans have been unveiled to build 40 houses on the site of a vacant factory in Desborough town centre. A mix of two, three and four bedroomed homes are proposed for the site off Gold Street, which was used by Dunkelman and Son until 2017, when they re-located to the edge of the town. Half […]

People who don’t want trick or treaters bothering them on Halloween next week are being urged to display signs on their doors. The ‘No Thanks’ posters have been produced by Police and community safety officers at Harborough Council. The other side of the eye-catching posters state trick or treaters are welcome to call on October […]

A Market Harborough school’s sports hall has been given a transformation costing £67,000. The extensive refurbishment at the Welland Park Academy has seen a state-of-the-art sprung vinyl floor installed, plus  new sports equipment and energy-saving LED lighting. The school secured grants from Harborough Council’s Section 106 scheme, that uses money from developers for community facilities, […]

The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity is looking for heritage projects to support. One of the biggest schemes supported by the charity in recent years was at the restoration of the Old Grammar School in 2014. Funding has also helped improve a number of churches and community halls in Market Harborough, Little Bowden and […]

A father who sexually abused his daughter, her friend and a third child, who has never been identified, has been jailed for fifteen years. The abuser, whose name is being withheld for legal reasons, to protect his victims’ identities, pleaded guilty to 23 offences relating to the abuse of the girls, who are now adults, […]

A big clean-up was needed at the Little Bowden Recreation Ground after over 50 youths held a ‘party’ there on Saturday night. Police received a number of calls about noise and general disturbance, with people reporting under-age drinking and drugs being used, and officers were sent to park. Bins had been ripped out of the […]