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New digital membership card champions independent businesses across Harborough

Council leader Dan Harrison (CREDIT: LDRS)

Reform UK Leicestershire leader steps down from role

Deborah Taylor, former acting leader of Leicestershire County Council and now leader of the opposition
Credit: LDRS

Councillor says questions still need to be answered after leader resigns

Fields overlooking the site in Tilton on the Hill Image: Supplied

Holiday village plans submitted for former Harborough district chicken farm

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: Journalism is vital part of our national infrastructure

Joseph Boam, county councillor for Whitwick (CREDIT: Joseph Boam)

Leicestershire councillor told to apologise

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Sport

Harborough Town feature twice in The Only Way is Cup – The FA Cup Travelogue. (Photos: RB Media, Ian McNeilly)

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Patsy-Joe Mochan is the England Boxing National Development Champion. (Photo credit: Leicester Lightning ABC)

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Crime

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Man handed community order after stealing trailer and trees in Gaddesby

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Gilmorton man spared jailed after admitting strangling and wounding victim

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A woman holds a red poppy during a wreath laying ceremony. Photo by ARMEND NIMANI/AFP via Getty Images

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Towns and villages across the Harborough district will hold special events to pay their respects to armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
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Health

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