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Police are appealing for help from the public after a burglary at a Market Harborough food store. Officers were called to the Tesco Express in Rockingham Road during the early hours of Sunday morning after reports of a break-in. It’s believed a group of up to five people got into the premises using a chainsaw […]
Leicestershire County Council says its energy consumption has been cut by 63 per cent, thanks to its switchover to LED street lighting. Work to upgrade all of Market Harborough’s street lights to the latest LED technology began in 2016… replacing the bulbs of 1,650 lights at a cost of three hundred and sixty five thousand […]
“An exciting summer of soaring” is being promised – as the British Gliding Team tries to get more women and girls interested in the sport. With the World Championships on the way, Team GB is backing the #ChangeTheGame campaign which celebrates female athletes and women’s sport. It’ll be running a women’s coaching week at the […]
There’s good news for anyone who cycles to catch a train in Market Harborough – a hundred extra bike spaces have been promised there. It follows a recent visit to the new look station by Rail Minister, Andrew Jones. Harborough’s MP, Neil O’Brien, requested the extra capacity because an increasing number of residents are now […]
Northamptonshire Police and Trading Standards officials have been distributing advice leaflets to food outlets and shoppers as their investigation into illegal sheep butchery continues. “Operation Stock” is investigating a number of cases of illegal slaughter and butchery of sheep and lambs across the county this month, including recent incidents in Kelmarsh and Clipston. The possibility […]
Organisers of Sunday’s Market Harborough Summer Fayre say they’re delighted with the number of people who went along. The event at Welland Park Academy featured food, drink, craft stalls, live music & dance, American Wrestling – even dinosaurs – and was supporting HFM, along with other local charities and good causes. Shopmobility held a 60km […]
As part of ‘Plastic Free July’, a group of teenage volunteers is in the Harborough District this week raising awareness of the issues of litter in and around our waterways – and the lasting impact this has on the environment. The young people, all aged between fifteen and seventeen, are working with the Canal and […]
Market Harborough is celebrating being at the top of a league table of the most ‘liveable’ places in England. Our number one status was judged on affordability, opportunity and desirability – based on factors such as jobs, income, the performance of local schools, burglary rates, the number of empty homes and life expectancy. The new […]
Drivers are being reminded that a major road closure in Market Harborough comes into force today. Rockingham Road is being shut at the railway bridge whilst Severn Trent Water continues to upgrade pipes – and you’re being asked to allow extra time to get to the railway station. However, access to both the car park […]
Make sure you’re entitled to vote! That’s the message from Harborough Council, as it sends out a form to all households in the District to check if the information it holds on the Electoral Register is correct. As well as for voting in elections, you’ll also need to be registered to take part in any […]
