Market Harborough
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A talented young diver from Market Harborough is competing in the finals of a top national competition this weekend. Nine-year-old Sebastian Karanjit won gold after impressing judges in two qualifying contests in Sheffield and Manchester in May and is now up against the very best – in the ‘England Diving National Skills Final’ in Southend. […]
Residents of a retirement complex on the outskirts of Market Harborough are welcoming the change to a local bus route which means they now have a convenient hourly service into town. Despite original promises that the bus stop outside Elizabeth House on Rockingham Road would have a frequent service, it’s been served by just one […]
A Market Harborough author is celebrating publishing her second children’s book. Following the success of ‘Do You Suppose’, Helen Gathercole has followed it up with ‘The Grump and Me, by Elsie’ Intended for pre-school and primary age schoolchildren, Helen admits that her latest work was inspired by her own bad moods! Helen has a simple […]
Following his recent election, the new President of Market Harborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce has been outlining his aims and objectives in the new role to HFM. Dr Gareth Thomas (pictured), who was previously Vice President, says he’d like to build on his work over the past two years forging better links for the […]
A Market Harborough woman has decided to do something well out of her ‘comfort zone’ for charity – a tandem skydive! Sally Anderson (pictured) is now seeking sponsorship via JustGiving – hoping to raise at least 500 pounds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association before making her jump at Sibson Aerodrome on the 18th of […]
Plans to build two new ‘drive thrus’ on the outskirts of Market Harborough are being recommended for the go-ahead this week. If approved, Costa Coffee will open in one of the units, while a search continues to find an occupier for the other. The development is part of a proposed 16-million pound extension to Airfield […]
The ringleader of a drug-dealing gang who used drones to drop contraband into Gartree Prison is now behind bars. Before sentencing on Monday (8th July), the court heard how Lucy Adcock had organised 22 drops a month across six UK gaols, including Market Harborough, until she was identified and apprehended by Welsh Police. The 47-year-old […]
A business support worker from a Market Harborough-based charity is literally ‘hot-footing’ it over to Belvoir Castle for its latest fundraiser! Wendy Savill from Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) will be walking barefoot over hot coals at the aptly named ‘Burning Woman Festival’ on Saturday the 20th of July. She’s promising not to get ‘cold […]
The first children who’ll be taught at a new school in Market Harborough have been to visit the site. There’ll be 17 youngsters in the foundation class when Wellington Place Primary School opens on the Airfield Farm estate at the end of next month. It’s the town’s first new school in over 20 years and […]
A challenge is underway to try to find over 20 orange knitted hearts hidden all around Harborough. To mark Multiple Schlerosis Week, which runs from April 22nd to 28th 2024, it’s the idea of former Harborough Mail reporter, Jemma Redden, who was first diagnosed with the “invisible” neurological condition 15 years’ ago. So far, the […]
