Market Harborough
Harborough Town are a step closer to Wembley after an impressive 3-0 win over Enfield Town at The Beehive today. Despite The Bees playing in one league lower than the visitors, goals from Brady Hickey, new signing David Kamara and Riley O’Sullivan meant they’ve reached the third round of the FA Trophy for the very […]
A flagship Harborough District Council scheme to restore nature on 130 acres of land it purchased to the north of Market Harborough and Great Bowden is coming in for criticism from opposition Councillors. They claim the Lib-Dem led coalition’s ‘Rewilding Harborough’ project will cost £3.3 million and has no plan, no budget clarity, and no […]
As Storm Claudia sweeps across South Leicestershire and North Northamptonshire through Friday and early Saturday (14th & 15th November 2025) both Harborough Police and the District Council have issued safety advice to residents and drivers. An Amber Warning of heavy rain issued by the Met Office means flooding and disruption are likely in some parts of […]
With Christmas around the corner, there’s not long to wait now for the first festive events in Market Harborough town centre. The Christmas Lights Switch-on is happening on The Square a week on Saturday, 22nd November, with late-night shopping on Friday 28th of November, and the Christmas Fayre on December 5th. Organiser Juliette Maher says […]
A forty-year-old Market Harborough based charity, which promotes the welfare of families with young children, is launching its ‘Cuppa Campaign’ to raise vital funds. For the last decade, Homestart South Leicestershire has relied on its own fundraising efforts to find the £300,000 needed each year to support around 150 local families. The charity receives generous, […]
With the busy shopping period up to Christmas getting underway, Harborough Police are warning they’re focusing on tackling theft from stores. As ‘Safer Business Action Week’ continues, the Neighbourhood Priority Team has stepped up both high visibility and plain clothed patrols in Market Harborough. Thanks to Operation DETECT, which was launched just over a year […]
Both the leader of Harborough District Council and Gartree’s County Councillor are expressing their dismay with the name chosen for the new £300 million super prison being built near Market Harborough. After a visit from Labour’s Justice Secretary David Lammy for the official “groundbreaking” last week, Conservative Councillor Phil King told HFM he was very […]
Workplaces, schools, care homes and householders in our area are being encouraged to test their properties for an ‘invisible killer’. Parts of the Harborough District and North Northamptonshire have been identified as some of the country’s Radon Gas ‘hotspots’. Market Harborough based Radon Protection UK is backing the UK Radon Association‘s appeal for stronger Government […]
A ceremony’s being held in Market Harborough this morning (11th November) to mark Armistice Day. A short service will take place near the entrance to the Memorial Gardens on The Square, with wreaths laid and poems read by local schoolchildren. Royal British Legion chairman Stewart Harrison says the start and end of the two-minute silence […]
Students at Welland Park Academy have been helping to collect donations for people affected by the hurricane in Jamaica. They say the appeal has received overwhelming support from families, individuals and local businesses. Members of the school’s Student Leadership Team have been sorting through the many bags of items, which will be transported to Jamaica […]
