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There are no trains running through Market Harborough for the next six days. Coaches are replacing all services to allow for engineering works at the railway station. East Midlands Trains say they are running to Leicester and Kettering every 15 minutes. During the closure of the line, a new section of straighter track is being […]

Police posters warning of the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide have gone up around the Warwick Road Recreation Ground in Kibworth. It comes after around 50 empty canisters of the so-called ‘laughing gas’ were found there last week. The substance was linked to five deaths in the UK last year. Canisters and discarded balloons, used […]

Police say nobody was seriously injured after a crash on Springfield Street in Market Harborough this morning. Officers, together with the Ambulance Service were called at 8.15am after two cars, a BMW and Chevrolet, collided at the junction with Sainsbury’s. One person was taken to Kettering General Hospital for treatment. The road was closed for […]

Passengers who will face six days of disruption next week will be able to park for free at Market Harborough railway station car park and get a complimentary hot drink and pastry from the café. East Midlands Trains hope it will encourage more people to use replacement coaches, rather than travel elsewhere to catch trains. The […]

Police patrols around Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough have been stepped up after a group of girls were followed by a man on Wednesday morning. The Year Seven students say he was filming and taking photos of them on his mobile. Other pupils at Robert Smyth and other town schools have also been warned […]

A Lutterworth teenager has been jailed for nine years for his part in an armed robbery at a jewellers in Hinckley. Aiden Rudock,18, of Gloster Road, and three other men were arrested a short time after the raid in January, when the gang’s getaway car crashed in Market Bosworth. They all pleaded guilty to robbery […]

A host of businesses across Harborough are celebrating being crowned winners of business awards. Hundreds of people voted in the competition run by website Muddy Stillettos, which saw places across Leicestershire and Rutland nominated. Businesses in Market Harborough and surrounding villages won 8 of the 24 categories. The local winners were: Best Art Gallery: Wistow Gallery, […]

We are being urged to get on our bikes on Saturday to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support! The Welland Valley Sportive will see rides of varying distance to suit all ages and abilities, both on and off-road. They will all start and finish at Grange Farm in Thorpe Langton. More details HERE

A land owner has been issued with a High Court injunction ordering them to stop work on a site in Claybrooke Parva near Lutterworth. It follows complaints from villagers about hard-standing being created at Wells Close on Woodway Lane, without planning permission. Harborough Council sought the legal action after work continued despite officers issuing a […]

Polling stations have opened across the Hfm region for the European Elections. Residents are casting their votes to elect five East Midlands MEPs. Although the number of votes cast locally will be verified tonight, counting will not take place until Sunday, when polling closes in all other EU countries. The local polls will be collated […]