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Independent retailers are joining forces to support Market Harborough In Bloom. Over 20 will be decorating their windows with flowers and floral displays, ahead of the visit of the competition judges next month. They are all members of the Harbs Collective group, who will also be holding a competition for shoppers to choose their best […]

A public meeting has been organised following on-going problems of anti-social behaviour at a park in Kibworth. Some villagers say the Warwick Road Recreation Ground is a no-go area in the evening due to large gatherings of youths. Problems have included glass bottles being smashed in the children’s play area and dozens of laughing gas […]

A new bid to boost tourism in the Harborough District will start tonight. Over 50 business representatives from the tourism sector will gather at the Nevill Holt Opera House for the launch of the new Visit Harborough website and colourful guide. Harborough Council is behind it all – it is estimated tourism brings over £125m […]

Members of a Market Harborough gym are preparing for a grueling 24 hour non-stop workout for charity. Three teams from Bruno’s gym will work-out for 20 minutes in succession from 10am tomorrow through until 10am Sunday. Seven gym members are taking part in the fundraising challenge to raise money for Leicestershire’s Loros Hospice. Weather permitting […]

CCTV images have been released of a burglar who stole cash and a laptop from a Market Harborough Tearoom. The man got into Sweet Pea’s Tea Room on Adam and Eve Street just after 4.30am last Friday and stole cash and a laptop. He also took a CCTV camera, but not before it captured images […]

Around 400 passengers – some from Market Harborough – were stranded on a train for nearly eight hours after a landslip and flooding near Corby yesterday blocked the line. About 200 of them had been transferred onto it from another East Midlands Trains service, that derailed when it collided with the mud and water at […]

The search is on for whoever reserved a space on a memorial plaque inside Market Harborough’ St Dionysius Church 36 years ago. It was put up as part of a restoration appeal in 1983 with people paying to have their name featured after their death. Two spaces remain, although one has been claimed, and it […]

Van owners in Market Harborough are being warned to be on guard after a spate of break-ins on the Southern Estate. Vehicles have been targeted on Western Avenue, Stuart Road and Fairfax Road over the past three nights, with tools and other items stolen. Police are urging owners to consider their van security and are […]

An artist who illustrated Thomas the Tank Engine books has been honoured in Kibworth today, with the unveiling of a green plaque where he used to live. John T Kenney’s talent became known world-wide, as he also illustrated over 30 Ladybird books. The plaque – part of a Leicestershire County Council scheme to recognise famous […]

Burglars stole a car after breaking into a house in Desborough during the early hours on Wednesday. The keys to the Audi S3 were taken from outside the property on Dunkirk Avenue, between midnight and 5am. Cash, a laptop and tablet computer were also stolen. Police are appealing for information.