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- Warning given over 'housing crisis'
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Community
Lots of plants for sale at Wilbarston
WILBARSTON’S annual plant fair will be held in the village hall from 11am until 3pm on Saturday, May 19.
Bargains galore!
THERE will be bargains galore to be had at a yard and table top sale being held at 6 Newton Way, Braybrooke on Saturday, May 19 from 10am until 2pm.
Art exhibition in church
LUBENHAM Art Group’s event on Sunday, May 20 will be Teas with Art at All Saints Church, Lubenham from 2pm to 5pm.
Bluffing guests entertain group
A SPECIAL live edition of Call My Bluff was enjoyed by members of Lutterworth Townswomens’ Guild at the group’s May meeting.
Snapshot of photo-dating method
AT the April meeting of the Market Harborough branch of the Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society, the speaker Rosemary Booth from Warwickshire County Record Office explained how to date your old family photographs by the process used to take them.
Harborough Mail Awards
Paula Elmer bids for Worst Garden award
OUR first entry in the Harborough Mail Great Garden Awards this year is from Paula Elmer in the Worst Garden category.
Enter your garden into our competition
THE Mail is inviting people to enter our Great Garden Awards contest for 2012.
Letters & Emails
Please give us a bypass
HOW I agree with Nick Lewis re the need for Market Harborough to have a bypass (Letters, April 5).
Did you see the Northern Lights?
SEVENTEEN or 18 years ago, I was living in Naseby and saw the Northern Lights.
Why should political alliances matter for local councillors?
TRADITIONS are fine as long as they still work to the benefit of the community.
Fight for disability rights
I WOULD like to congratulate all the people who protested against the closure of the Market Hall.
No flooding this time
AS a local resident, businessman and, most of all, as an engineer, it gladdened my heart when the rain came pouring down, the rivers swelled, the wettest April in a century was announced and . . . no overflowing drains, no flooding, no chaos in Harborough.
Announcements
Lilian Rose Sandy : Obituary
Published in the Harborough Mail on 16 May 2012
Shane Michael Booker : Memorial
Published in the Harborough Mail on 16 May 2012
Norma Frances Warner : Obituary
Published in the Harborough Mail on 11 May 2012
Gloria Rosemary Baldwin : Obituary
Published in the Harborough Mail on 10 May 2012
Wilford : Acknowledgement
Published in the Harborough Mail on 10 May 2012
Local Businesses
Church Square to be the ‘cultural quarter’
A BUMPER crop of events being held around a town’s Church Square is leading to it being named ‘the cultural quarter’.
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Grass left to grow over land dispute
A BIZARRE wrangle over a patch of grass in a Harborough street has raised its ugly head again - four years after residents thought the problem had been resolved.
2 commentsHarborough man’s virtual vault will help commemorate loved ones
A HARBOROUGH man has set up an online ‘vault’ where people can send virtual messages to lost loved ones.
Harborough volunteer service offers up desk space
A VOLUNTARY organisation based in Harborough is offering other similar bodies the opportunity to use part of its office space.
Children’s holiday charity appealing for business support
A CHARITY which supports children across the county is asking for businesses in the Harborough and Lutterworth area for help to provide a coach.
- X-Wings banned from the town centre as Harborough gets a Star Wars-inspired makeover
- Shoplifter caught with trolley load of goods
- VIDEO: Darth Vader pledges tough action in Star Wars signs saga
- Paula Elmer bids for Worst Garden award
- Home-town sports hero Johnno will open Olympics-inspired family day
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Weather for Market Harborough
Thursday 17 May 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 9 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: North east
