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Harborough District Council’s Re-Wilding project faces uncertainty after over £700,000 of funding was removed. The move came after budget amendments from the opposition Conservative group were approved at last night’s full council meeting. Ruling coalition members have criticised the removal of funding after the council bought more than 100 acres near Great Bowden for the […]

Harborough District Council’s ruling coalition has suffered a setback after councillors refused to approve its full budget proposals. Amendments from the Conservative opposition — supported by independent and Reform UK members — were passed by 18 votes to 16. The changes include pausing further investment in the council’s re-wilding project, a new £500,000 hospitality business […]

The tip in Market Harborough is expected to be busier over the coming weeks as the site in Lutterworth is closed for repairs. Leicestershire County Council is carrying out concrete repairs at the Household Waste and Recycling site in Morebarns Lane until the end of March, meaning residents will need to use alternative facilities while […]

Market Harborough Baptist Church has reopened today after being shut for more than a month while essential electrical maintenance was carried out. It means services and community events can return to the Coventry Road building in Market Harborough, along with the adjoining café off Manor Walk. Tomorrow, Renew Wellbeing returns to the café, with another […]

The A6 between Market Harborough and Desborough will be closed overnight for the next four days for carriageway repairs. North Northamptonshire Council says the closure will be in place from 8pm to 6am until Friday. The road will be shut in both directions between the Kettering Road junction at Clack Hill and the B576 roundabout, […]

Market Harborough actor Posy Sterling stars in a gripping new TV drama exploring the impact of sewage-polluted water on families and communities. Dirty Business, airing tonight on Channel 4, is based on a decade-long investigation into England’s water companies. Posy told HFM she plays Julie Preen, whose eight-year-old daughter died after contracting E. coli 0157 at […]

A 4×4 caught fire in Husbands Bosworth on Saturday morning. Firefighters from Market Harborough were called to High Street at 10.45am and quickly extinguished the blaze involving a Ford Ranger, which was deemed accidental. The road was closed while emergency services dealt with the incident. There were no injuries.

A fundraising appeal set up by a Market Harborough family to help prolong their mum’s life has raised more than £18,500 in just a week. Lucy Goodwin, who first battled stage 4 breast cancer in 2018 and was declared cancer-free in 2020, has now been told the disease has returned and spread to the bones […]

A crash involving three lorries led to the closure of the A14 in Northamptonshire at lunchtime today. The collision happened on the westbound carriageway between junction 3 at Rothwell and junction 2 at Kelmarsh shortly after 12.20pm. Northamptonshire Police said one driver was taken to Kettering General Hospital with what are believed to be minor […]

Plans to use a property in Kibworth to house asylum seekers have been scrapped following concerns from residents and Harborough’s MP. Neil O’Brien said he had been pressing for clarity after learning that homes in Kibworth and Great Glen were being considered as part of the government’s accommodation plans. The proposals were linked to the […]