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It’s the last day to comment on plans to cut the opening hours at the Urgent Care Centre in Market Harborough. Currently the facility at the St Luke’s Treatment Centre is open between 5 and 9pm on weekday evenings and from 9am til 7pm on weekends and Bank Holidays. It’s proposed to open it an […]

Burglars have stolen car batteries and tyres worth around £2,000 from a scrapyard in Desborough. They targeted Frank Beale Vehicle Dismantlers off Stoke Albany Road, on the old Desborough Airfield sometime between 2.30pm on Sunday and 8.30am morning – cutting through padlocks on gates to get in. Around 70 part-worn and new tyres were taken, […]

Council bosses are in talks with various firms over plans for a new leisure centre in Market Harborough. They’re all bidding for the contract to build and run the facility – which would replace the aging one off Northampton Road. £15m has been set aside by Harborough Council for Leisure Centre improvements in Market Harborough […]

The Church Bells are ringing again in Wilbarston after being silenced for the past few months. Five were removed for restoration work and are now back – together with a new one. A re-dedication service took place at All Saints Church last night to mark the return. Villagers raised £32,000 in two years for the […]

There’s a warning to stay out of the sun and keep homes as cool as possible for the next few days. The Met Office has issued a level 3 heatwave alert for the East Midlands – one below a national emergency – which is in force until Friday morning. The Amber Warning is issued when […]

Vandals have damaged play equipment, bins and trees at the Recreation Ground in Broughton Astley. A silver birch was pulled down and a Memorial Tree planted by the WI for their 100 year anniversary was severely damaged. It happened last Wednesday evening at the rec on Frolesworth Road. Police are appealing for information and witnesses.

A Desborough woman has been jailed for failing to pay Council Tax. Victoria Ndoro built up a debt over ten years of more than £8,000 She had been ordered to make monthly payments to Kettering Council to clear the arrears, but failed to so and twice didn’t show up at Court to explain why not. […]

A tractor was left gutted by fire near East Langton on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Thorpe Langton Road. just before 4pm. Nobody was hurt – the road was closed for a time. A mechanical fault is being blamed for starting the blaze.

Four local schools are to be part of a new scheme aimed at dealing with dangerous parking at the start and end of the school day. Farndon Fields and Meadowdale Primary Schools in Market Harborough, Lubenham All Saints Primary and The Kibworth School will all be part of the trial, starting in September. It’ll see […]

Detailed plans for a controversial development in Little Bowden have been handed in. Outline planning permission has already been granted for 40 houses on fields off Dunmore Road. The estate will include a mix of two to five-bedroomed houses and two bungalows – ten of the properties will be ‘affordable’ housing, if the latest proposal […]