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The government is to decide whether or not a safe foot and cycle path can be built between Lubenham and Market Harborough, in memory of a 13-year-old boy, who was killed while cycling to school. The 12-year campaign by the family of Adam Mugridge received a massive boost last September, when highway bosses officially recognised […]

A Market Harborough man is preparing for a 12-day trek through mountains to raise money for two charities very close to his heart. Charles Barton will climb around 12,000 feet to the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal next month. He and his wife set-up a charity that built and continues to run a centre for […]

‘Urban Explorers’ have entered the former Cottage Hospital in Market Harborough. Pictures have been posted on-line showing the empty former wards, treatment rooms and offices inside the Coventry Road building, which closed in 2017.    The building is due to be demolished later this year to make way for a new care home. Developers say […]

A petrol station worker has been injured after being hit by a car – the driver of which had filled up  without paying. The woman was taken to hospital with leg and facial injuries after trying to stop the blue Audi RS6 from leaving the forecourt of the Lutterworth Ford/Texaco Garage on Leicester Road, Lutterworth. […]

Work is nearing completion on the first part of the massive expansion of Market Harborough. The first area of new houses has been built on Airfield Farm off Leicester Road, with the first show home set to open in a few weeks’ time. Breheny Civil Engineering, who are carrying out the infrastructure works on the […]

A new initiative could save residents across Harborough up to £200 a year on their energy bills. Harborough Council’s ‘Collective Switching’ scheme will see suppliers bidding against each to provide the lowest tariffs on a group basis. The more people that sign up, the better the deal is likely to be. Councillor Jonathan Bateman, portfolio […]

Two under-threat bus services will continue to run until at least until the summer. Leicestershire County Council has granted a short extension to its current contract with Centre Bus, who run the number 33 town service in Market Harborough and the 44, that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney, which was due to end […]

A man has been speaking to Hfm about the terrifying moment he was confronted by three masked burglars – one armed with a knife – who smashed their way into his house in broad daylight, before stealing his high performance car. Sam Tilney was in an upstairs bedroom when the gang used a large boulder […]

Villagers in Lubenham have held a protest as their fight for a safe pedestrian crossing on the A4304 steps up. Around 50 people gathered beside the road yesterday afternoon as children and parents were walking home from All Saints Primary School. Leicestershire County Council says the need for a crossing does not meet their criteria […]

A stolen car has been found in a Market Harborough street. Police say enquiries led them to Clipston Street this morning where the Land Rover Discovery was  discovered parked-up. The car been recovered and will be returned to its owner after a forensic examination is carried out. No arrests have yet been made, although officers […]