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Market Harborough’s Aldi supermarket is searching for a new charity or group to support with regular food donations. The store already supports some, but has the capacity to link-up with another to give surplus food to, such as fruit, vegetables and baked goods, one day a week. Aldi spokesman Steve Butterworth said: “Food surplus is […]

A decision on whether people will be able to park longer for free in Market Harborough town centre is expected to be made in November. Leicestershire County Council is looking at responses made during a public consultation into plans to increase time limits in on-street parking bays from 40 minutes to one hour. Traders have […]

Grassroots local democracy across the Harborough District is set to be reviewed. The move could see some Parish Councils merged with others and a change to the number of parish councillors. Harborough Council is behind the Community Governance Review ,which is expected to be given the go-ahead at a meeting tonight, and would see all […]

Council bosses are threatening to take action against home-builders in Kibworth if they continue to flout rules as to when they can work. Warnings have been issued to David Wilson Homes and Miller Homes who are building off Fleckney Road, following complaints from near-by residents. No work is supposed to take place before 8am and […]

Ambulance cover in Market Harborough is to be increased from next month. Additional vehicles will be available during the day and into early evening, based at the Police Station, where East Midlands Ambulance Service is now sharing space. It means the service will have to rely less on ambulances being drafted in from other areas […]

A Market Harborough health campaigner has branded Boots’ decision to charge for prescription deliveries ‘a tax on sick people’. The chemist, which has a branch in St Mary’s Place, is to bring in the £5for existing customers at the end of the month or make them pay a £55 annual subscription. Phil Knowles says people […]

The father of one of the gang who stole the ATM from at the Spar Shop in Market Harborough has been jailed. Derek Hall hid more than a hundred thousand pounds brought to him by his son in a toilet cistern and in the hood of the oven at his home in Derbyshire. Leicester Crown […]

Two cyclists collided with each other in Market Harborough during last night’s rush hour. It happened at the junction of Rockingham Road and Gores Lane at 5.50pm, leaving one of them on the floor in the road. Police say the female rider suffered a shoulder injury and was taken to hospital for treatment. Officers are […]

Police have deployed a metal detecting ‘knife-arch’ at Market Harborough railway station as part of a campaign to tackle knife-crime. The metal detector has been set-up in the booking office as passengers head to and from platforms. The action, demonstrated in the above video where Pc Paul Farrar, from Harborough Police, searches a passenger, is […]