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Market Harborough has won a Gold award at this year’s East Midlands In Bloom competition. The town came second overall in the Large Town category, beaten to the top spot by Boston in Lincolnshire, by just a single point. Harborough In Bloom were handed extra awards for the floral displays in Welland Park, judged as […]

The go-ahead could be given next week to demolish the former Cottage Hospital in Market Harborough, to make-way for a 70-bedroom care home. Planning Officers are recommending councilors grant planning permission for the development on the Coventry Road site. The proposal by Sterling Rose Care retains the World War One Memorial and Portico in situ […]

Police are appealing for information after expensive mountain bikes were stolen in Market Harborough. A white and red Trek-branded bike, with distinctive blue pedals, was taken from the garage of a house in Tymecrosse Gardens, and a blue Carrera bike was taken from outside a house in near-by Coales Gardens. Police believe the same thieves […]

A thank you letter written by Princess Diana exactly five weeks before she died has sold at auction in Market Harborough today for £2,500. The buyer was an anonymous internet bidder from the UK, although a number of people bid in person at Gildings, as well as others on-line from across the world. Diana sent […]

A burglar has been jailed for six years after leaving a pair of his shorts at a house he’d broken into in Fleckney. Matthew Ryan was arrested a few days after stealing items including jewellery and an Xbox from the home on Saddington Road in July. Leicester Crown Court heard the 42-year-old, of no fixed […]

A safe route for pedestrians and cyclists is finally set to be built between Lubenham and Market Harborough, in memory of a 13- year-old boy who was killed while cycling to school. The family of Adam Mugridge have been campaigning tirelessly for it since the tragedy just over 12 years ago, when the youngster was […]

Regular speed checks are to be carried out in East Farndon after over 22,000 vehicles were found to be breaking the 30mph limit through the village in two weeks. Northamptonshire Police erected monitoring equipment following concerns from residents about speeding traffic, to see if regular checks needed to be carried out. 85% of vehicles were […]

People throwing litter out of vehicles could now be caught on camera and fined as a new vehicle to help tackle environmental crime across the Harborough District hits the road. The 4×4 –equipped with recording cameras – will also be used to access hard to reach fly-tipping hotspot areas and where abandoned vehicles are dumped. […]

Harborough businesses are being urged to sign up to take part in this year’s Bake-Off. The fundraising event takes place on September 28th in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. As well as having the chance to be crowned the town’s best business baker, staff are being urged to sell their cakes to boost the fund, […]

Calls will be made later for Harborough Council to expand its CCTV network. A motion will be considered at tonight’s Full Council meeting for a full review into the current surveillance system, and how it can be expanded to cover other areas in Market Harborough, like Welland Park and the Symington’s Rec, plus other parts […]