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Students and staff are celebrating good A Level results at Market Harborough’s Robert Smyth Academy. Nearly 300 grades were A* to B and over 100 A* or A. Overall the results are on-par with last year, with around three quarters of all grades being between A* and C. It’s the first set of results since […]

A man’s been arrested on suspicion of sexual communication with a child following an incident in Lutterworth yesterday. Police were called to the Crescent Road area at 2.15pm, following concerns raised about a man approaching children. A 20-year-old man from Kettering is being questioned and remains in custody.

The son of a Market Harborough man who lost his battle with cancer last year is on the final leg of a big fundraiser. Darren Hart is riding from John O’Groats to Land’s End, a distance of over 1,000 miles, to raise cash for the Loros Hospice – where Peter was cared for before he […]

A champion boxer from Market Harborough is to receive a Green Plaque in his memory in the town, 40 years after his death. Jack Gardner was crowned heavyweight boxing champion of Great Britain in 1950 – and died at the in 1978 aged 52. He’s one of six people to receive the honour following a […]

Cash from developers for community facilities across Harborough has topped £6m in five years. Harborough Council has secured the so-called Section 106 money to improve play areas, sporting facilities, village halls and to provide affordable housing for those struggling to buy or rent a home. Fleckney, Husbands Bosworth, Lubenham, Foxton, Market Harborough, Great Bowden and […]

A big rise in assaults on Prison Officers and self-harm incidents among prisoners at Gartree is being blamed on ‘damaging’ staff shortages. Attacks on workers have doubled in the past year – with 53 reported – and self-harm incidents have gone up by 53%, from 283 to 434. Watchdog – the Independent Monitoring Board – […]

Campaigners are celebrating after a decision to close Desborough Library was deemed unlawful by a High Court judge. It follows a Judicial Review which has ruled in favour of a young girl from the town and her family, who challenged Northamptonshire County Council’s move to shut it and 20 others as part of cost-cutting. The […]

A new retirement living complex in Market Harborough is to be called Elizabeth Place – after the Queen. Work’s about to get underway to build it off Rockingham Road – on land adjacent to Meadowdale Primary School’s sports hall. The Extra Care facility will include 58 apartments for people aged over 75.

Market Harborough’s Homebase store is to remain open. It’s after the DIY retailer announced plans to close 42 stores elsewhere in the country, putting up to 1,500 jobs at risk. Restructuring company Hilco, which bought the DIY chain for £1 in May, confirmed it was planning a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA). It bought the struggling […]

A local authority with a £70m pound funding shortfall will decide what to cut later. Northamptonshire County Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt to force the implementation of emergency spending controls. It’s the first Tory-run authority in 20 years to do that and it’s feared vulnerable people who live there are at risk. A meeting […]