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A charity dance-a-thon in a support of a Market Harborough dance teacher battling cancer raised just short of £900 on Saturday. Sophie Williams, who has been in isolation in hospital, even managed to a surprise visit to the Welland Park Academy to see some of it, after doctors took her off her drips and allowed […]

Volunteers who run Market Harborough’s Foodbank are appealing for more donations. They are  struggling to cope with demand for the service, which in the past year has seen referrals increase by 54 per cent – with over 1700 people helped. Latest figures show in the first two months of this year over 3,000 meals were […]

A Market Harborough woman is to celebrate her 40th Birthday by walking around London in the dark to raise cash for Breast Cancer Charities. Jackie Taylor is taking part in the WalktheWalk MoonWalk London 2019 on May 11th together with a team of four others. She’ll walk the distance of a marathon, 26.2 miles, overnight, […]

People interested in becoming an on-call firefighter in Market Harborough can find out more tomorrow at a ‘Have A Go Day.’ It is taking place at the fire station between 10am and 3pm, where they’ll be the chance to find out more about the job from current crews and try the recruitment job tests. On-Call […]

Plans to make changes to the re-development of a derelict site in the centre of Kibworth have been turned down. Developers, who were handed permission last year to convert the former Rose and Crown pub on Leicester Road into houses and flats, and build nine homes in the grounds, wanted to change the lay-out of […]

Harborough Police Sergeant Pete Jelbert is in training for the biggest fundraising challenge he’s ever undertaken – the ‘Race to the Stones’ Ultra Marathon, which will see him running 32 miles one day and 30 the following day. Pete, from Market Harborough, a keen runner, who has worked for Leicestershire Police for nearly 24 years, […]

A fundraising drive to help a Market Harborough dance school owner battling cancer has smashed its original target of £800. Over £1,300 has now been raised for Sophie Williams, who is isolation in hospital, awaiting a major 14-hour life-saving operation. The fundraiser was launched to buy some kind of laptop/tablet computer with unlimited internet access, […]

The British Heart Foundation is hoping to set-up a new fundraising and support group in Market Harborough. The charity says over 9,000 people are living with cardiovascular disease across the district. Hannah Pennock is the area Fundraising Manager: The charity, which raises money for lifesaving research, already runs similar successful groups in other parts of […]

A rare copy of the Beatles’ first album will be auctioned for charity in Market Harborough, after being unearthed in Desborough. The stereo edition of Please Please Me, on Parlophone Record, was discovered by auctioneer Mark Gilding, after it was donated to Marlow House Community Centre in Desborough, as part of a house clearance. At the […]

New concerns are being expressed about air pollution in Kibworth after a study claimed traffic pollution could be linked to 1 in 5 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK. It found exposure to nitrogen dioxide, caused by vehicle fumes, appears to be a “substantial” risk factor. Levels on a section of the A6 Leicester […]