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Police are appealing for information after a man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a charity tin in Market Harborough. He’s been questioned after being arrested in the Memorial Gardens on Tuesday afternoon As yet no-one has reported a red Loros collection tin being taken from their premises – it contained about £30. Officers are […]
Market Harborough-based Joules are celebrating good sales figures today, bucking the trend of other retail giants. They were up more than a fifth in the year to the end of May, to almost £186m. Sales through its shops and online increased around 16 per cent on the previous year. The firm employs around 200 people […]
A new project is to launch in the Harborough District to help children from low-income families get active. Home-Start South Leicestershire will work with the Council and Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport to deliver it, after funding of over 440 thousand pounds was secured from Sport England. It’ll include organising tailored, affordable activities and creating activity […]
Leicestershire’s smallest library has opened – in a red phone box in Billesdon! Villagers have already donated around 200 books for the renovated kiosk on Church Street, which was taken on by the Parish Council after BT removed the phone. It’s been kitted out with shelves, plus solar-powered lighting and heating to keep the moisture […]
The latest of our regular quiz nights was held on Wednesday June 6th. The event – held at the towns Angel Hotel was hosted by Dave Irving ably assisted by Pat Stones. The fun evening takes place on the first Wednesday of each month. Teams of up to six battled it out over several rounds […]
What looks like footprints of a beast appeared overnight in Market Harborough! They stretch from the River Welland across part of the pedestrian area outside Sainsburys. S,o has the infamous black beast made an appearance, or an artist been busy at work ?
A developer says the NHS could have made more money out of the sale of Market Harborough’s former Cottage Hospital. It was revealed last week the Coventry Road site was sold for £1.35, although Harborough-based RSJ Developments last year bid over 1.5 million for it. Director John Cooper then pulled out of the running after […]
Latest plans to demolish the former Queen’s Head pub in Sutton Bassett and build a house in its place have been dropped. Developers, who say re-opening it as a pub, which has been shut for over four years, would not be financially viable, have withdrawn their planning application. It also included building two semi-detached houses […]
Users of ladies public toilets in the Commons Car Park in Market Harborough are complaining there have been no hand-washing facilities there for over five weeks, saying it’s completely unhygienic. It’s because the all-in-one washing dryer machine has broken. Harborough Council has apologised – a spokesman says they had been awaiting parts to fix it, […]
Organisers of this Saturday’s Harborough Carnival hope its new feel will prove a success. A new committee has been busy organising the event – which will include activities and live music on the Symington’s Rec right the way through til 8pm – later than during previous carnivals. They’ll be the biggest parade for some years […]
