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A major development in the centre of Fleckney has been given the go-ahead. Harborough Council has granted planning permission for 44 new homes, a block for eight flats and space for shops, on an existing car park off the High Street. The Scout Hut fronting the site will be demolished, although a location for a […]

The former chairman of Desborough Carnival has been jailed for two and half years for trying to groom a 13 year old girl on-line. Michael Crick admitted 18 counts of attempting to incite the teenager to engage in sexual activity. He was arrested after undercover Police officers posed as a child on a chat-room and […]

The transformation of Market Harborough Railway Station is entering its final stage. Work will begin soon to prepare for the installation of a new footbridge and lifts to improve disabled access onto platforms. That will mean the line shutting over two weekends later this month and buses replacing trains. To allow the work to be […]

A shoplifter arrested yesterday for stealing in Market Harborough on Monday, has today been jailed for 16 weeks. Gary Parker admitted stealing dog food from Co-Op and Wilko in the town centre at Leicester Magistrates. The court heard the 32-year-old, of no fixed abode, had breached his Prison Licence release conditions, after serving a sentence […]

A woman who died following a crash near Pipewell last month has been named by Police. Emma Wilcox, 36, of Saxon Close, Desborough, was driving a black Vauxhall Astra when it came off the road between Pipewell and Great Oakley at 10.50am on Sunday January 27th. She was taken to University Hospital Coventry with serious injuries, […]

Campaigners have put up posters encouraging people to complain about changes to bus services that will leave them without any for six hours a day. The decision by Arriva means no buses will serve Market Harborough’s Southern Estate between 10am and 4pm daily from later this month. Currently 26 buses a day stop there – […]

A new housing estate is being planned for the site of a fencing company in Great Bowden. 31 homes are included in the proposal for three acres of land off Leicester Lane, which has been home to Bowden Fencing and its saw-mill since the 1960s. A planning application has been handed to Harborough Council – […]

New water pipes are to be laid in Market Harborough, at a cost of £2m. Severn Trent Water say the decision, to replace three miles of metal pipes that are over 60 years old in places, with plastic ones, follows a number of bursts and leaks in recent months. The work will take place in […]

How would you like to have a say in how millions of pounds is spent to make lives better locally? The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity, which supports projects and individuals in need, needs new trustees. It’s vital work goes relatively unnoticed, but the charity – now under the chairmanship of Adrian Trotter – […]