- Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'
- Figures show fall in railway crimes
- Young royals join Queen's pageant
- Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'
- Warning given over 'housing crisis'
- Social care 'at breaking point'
- Media wins video footage battle
- Double record for kidney donor
- PM queries single currency survival
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Home-town sports hero Johnno will open Olympics-inspired family day
RUGBY World Cup-winning hero Martin Johnson will open a big Olympics-inspired sports day at Harborough’s Welland Park.
Coppa’ load of this talk
AWARENESS about breast cancer in young people was raised during a talk given to students at Lutterworth College.
Public meeting over lorry parking scheme
THE OWNERS of Magna Park are being invited to a public meeting to address any concerns over plans for a new HGV depot at the site.
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.
Features
VIDEO: Darth Vader pledges tough action in Star Wars signs saga video
DARTH Vader has promised there will be ‘no escape’ for the people behind Harborough’s Star Wars-inspired makeover.
Delight for traders as Market Hall saved
TRADERS expressed their delight as Harborough Council voted in favour of saving the Market Hall.
The final push for quicker broadband
A FINAL push has been launched in the campaign to boost broadband speeds in the district.
Topping the charts but don’t slow now
A CAMPAIGN to improve broadband speeds in Leicestershire is being led from the front by people in the Harborough district.
Green Harborough
It’s plastic fantastic for area’s bin rounds
PLASTICS will be collected from the kerbside for recycling for the first time in Harborough district after a large overhaul of bin collections was confirmed this week.
Compost roadshow gets the green light
A SERIES OF free, informative roadshows, to find out more about composting, are coming to Harborough.
Shake-up for bin rounds
A CRUNCH decision on whether to bring about a big overhaul of the district’s bin collections will be made this Monday.
Crime
Appeal for missing woman anonymous caller
A MAN who made an anonymous phonecall to police from a public phonebox in Wigston is being urged to help them solve the mystery over a missing woman.
Shoplifter caught with trolley load of goods
A MAN was given a caution by police after he was caught attempting to steal £80-worth of goods from a Harborough supermarket.
1 commentMan assaulted in town centre
A MAN was attacked in Lutterworth town centre after he was targeted by a group outside a takeaway.
Park sex attack accused appears in court
A MAN has appeared in court accused of the attempted kidnap and sexual assault of a woman in Harborough and of attempting to kidnap a teenager in Desborough.
Street attack being treated as robbery
A MAN was punched in the face several times before the attacker forced him to hand over money in what police are calling an unprovoked attack.
Business
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.
Regional
Mums present £30k cheque to Bliss
Three mothers, including one from Cambridge, have presented a cheque for thousands of pounds to a charity which provided invaluable support to them and their premature babies.
Injured soldiers finish desert trek
Four injured paratroopers have trekked across the North African desert and raised almost £50,000 for a Colchester-based charity supporting wounded servicemen and their families.
Boy's 'wicked' stepfather jailed
A "wicked and controlling" man who murdered his "fun-loving, mischievous" stepson in Peterborough has been ordered to serve at least 17 years in prison.
'Shame' of Stansted passport queues
Stansted Airport saw passengers queueing from the passport desks to the plane in scenes which made one influential MP feel ashamed.
East Anglia still faces jobs woe
A jobs expert has called for caution despite statistics showing unemployment in East Anglia dropped in the first quarter of the year.
National
Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'
Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.
Figures show fall in railway crimes
Crime on Britain's railways has fallen for the eighth successive year, according to statistics.
Young royals join Queen's pageant
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to join the Queen on her royal barge during the River Thames pageant celebrating the Diamond Jubilee.
Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'
Apprenticeships of less than six months provide "no real benefit" to trainees or their employers, a parliamentary report has warned.
Warning given over 'housing crisis'
More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said.
- X-Wings banned from the town centre as Harborough gets a Star Wars-inspired makeover
- Shoplifter caught with trolley load of goods
- Paula Elmer bids for Worst Garden award
- VIDEO: Darth Vader pledges tough action in Star Wars signs saga
- Home-town sports hero Johnno will open Olympics-inspired family day
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