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Members of Market Harborough’s Royal British Legion are joining thousands today in Belgium to pay their respects to those who died during WW1. They’re taking part of the Legion’s ‘Great Pilgrimage 90’, which is recreating an event in 1928. That saw over 11,000 veterans and war widows visiteing the Somme and E-per before marching to […]

A Market Harborough woman and her partner had a lucky escape after a large oak tree fell onto their car. It happened on Sunday evening when Sarah Duckett was driving with Craig Kirkup along Welham Road in Thorpe Langton. The tree – thought to be hundreds of years old – collapsed in front of them, […]

Two men have denied burgling a number of local homes. The duo are accused of breaking into houses in The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, Thornton Crescent, Church Langton and Beeby Road in Scraptoft on July 4th, stealing items including expensive jewellery They’re also charged with burglaries in Leicester and Lincolnshire. Patrick Cash (34) from Rothwell and […]

Harborough Council has been named as one of the 10 best authorities in the country for collecting business rates. A new report says it collected from 99.7% of all local businesses. Half the cash is retained locally to go towards services, while the rest goes to Central Government. The Council says as well as the […]

BP has confirmed an Marks & Spencer Simply Food store will be built with its new petrol station in Desborough. The firm hasn’t yet said when building work on the much-needed facility – set for land off Bear Way – will start though. It was granted planning permission last week.

Plans have been announced to reduce the speed limit on some rural roads in the Harborough District, following a number of crashes. Highway bosses are proposing cutting it from 60 to 50mph on Newton Lane, Fleckney Road and Leicester Road. The reduction would also happen on Oakham Road in Tilton On The Hill. Leicestershire County […]

Electricity bosses have apologised after a power cut affected over a thousand homes and businesses in Market Harborough and Desborough last night. An high voltage underground cable fault was the blame of the outage just before 8pm. All properties had their supplies restored by 9.30.

A baling machine was destroyed after it set alight while being used in a straw-cut field in Bruntingthorpe. Three fire crews were called to the scene at 5pm yesterday and worked to stop the blaze spreading further – although around an acre of straw was also involved. A mechanical fault was blamed for starting the […]

Water pressure has returned to normal in Church Langton, after HFM reported on the issue. Villagers had been calling for action from Severn Trent Water for over three weeks, as the problem was preventing them from using electric showers. Just a day after we spoke to the company engineers were sent out and made adjustments […]

The occupants of a car escaped uninjured after it crashed and burst into flames on the A6 near Great Glen last night. Emergency services were called to the Archers Roundabout just after 10.30pm. The vehicle was left completely gutted by fire.