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Neil O’Brien MP for Harborough, Oadby & Wigston with his Rebuild Northampton-MH Rail Link N2MH t-shirt

Local MPs support plan to relink Northampton, Kettering and Market Harborough by...

Rob Morgan made a goalscoring debut for Harborough Town on Saturday (Picture: Phil Passingham)

Bees boss ​Austin excited by ‘formidable’ midfield as Morgan fits straight in

Harborough Town striker Luis Rose celebrates his goal in Harborough's 4-0 win over Leiston on Saturday (Picture: Phil Passingham)

Harborough Town boss Austin says Poppies date shows how far club has come

Desboorough vocal and guitar trio, The Desberadoes, helping raise funds for Cransley Hospice.

Hat trick of concerts for busy choir

The man in a mobility scooter seen travelling on the busy A14 /Steve Braybrook

Mobility scooter driver who drove at 8mph on A14 gives police the slip

Harborough Town and Kettering Town played out a 1-1 draw at Latimer Park in August (Picture: Phil Passingham)

Harborough Town’s New Year’s Day derby clash with Kettering declared all-ticket

Traffic alert /National World

A14 closed westbound for three junctions after serious collision

@ashleyrich with Maff Sharman aka Maff from Kettering/National World

Meet mystery man Maff from Kettering and why he said 'find me'

Rosewood Theatre at Harborough Carnival.

RoseWood Theatre prepares to stage beloved musical Annie in musical debut

Overhead line equipment.

Warning as Network Rail prepares to electrify Midland main line

Heavy disruption is expected this afternoon (Thursday June 20) on rail services through Market Harborough after a person was hit by a train.

Heavy disruption expected on rail services through Harborough

Heavy disruption is expected this afternoon (Thursday June 20) on rail services through Market Harborough after a person was hit by a train.

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The Hawk and Owl Trust live streaming camera: Kettering

Thousands tune in to watch the live stream of nesting peregrine falcons

Video footage captures the woman, believed to be in her 30s, smashing into 67-year-old Shirley Smith and knocking her to the ground.

Watch: Woman knocked down by e-scooter on kerb left 'badly injured'

Home-Start Kettering have announced their 2024 Golf Day

'Putt'ing families first

Ryan Boyd Maxwell was caught on CCTV hitting a man with a wrench.

CCTV catches thug battering man with wrench

The scene near Desborough /Andrew Carpenter

Lorry crashes into hotel between Kettering and Market Harborough

Jarrod Burke and Amritha Chagar of Randalls open their new sweet shop on Adam & Eve Street.

Hundreds queue in the pouring rain to visit Harborough's new sweet shop

Work to stabilise part of the embankment on the Midland Main Line at Braybrooke is progressing well with engineers confident passenger services will be able to use the line on Thursday (November 9).

Train services in Harborough should be back to normal on Thursday, say engineers

MP Neil O'Brien at Market Harborough train station

Calls to rethink the closure of Market Harborough train station ticket office

From left to right: Emily Louise Varnfield (Lumi SKN clinical director), Cllr Barbara Johnson and Elizabeth Appleton (Lumi SKN clinical director).

New skincare clinic has opened in Market Harborough

Work will begin on a temporary bridge

Temporary footbridge to be built in Kibworth after safety concerns raised

Drivers are being urged to prepare for traffic as work takes place to upgrade railway bridges.

Harborough drivers told to expect delays as two railway bridges are demolished

Pupils from Barrett Stage School took part in the Premiere Festival of Dance in Kettering.

Rising stars of Harborough dance school shine bright at recent competition​​​​​​...

The Core Dance Company.

Harborough dance show will go ahead after changes to theatre closure

A video from a car’s dash cam has emerged showing a figure on Newton Road near Barford Bridge

Bearded monk ghost spotted between Corby and Kettering

Patrick Kershaw meets cadets

Harborough cadets find out more about becoming part of the Red Arrows

The store was declared open this morning.

Long-awaited Sainsbury's store welcomes first Desborough shoppers

Passengers have been warned no trains will stop at Market Harborough station this Sunday as part of a Network Rail project to electrify the railway between Kettering and Wigston.

Passengers warned that no trains will stop at Harborough station this Sunday

This is due to Network Rail’s project to electrify the railway between Kettering and Wigston

Sam Moorhouse, Local Democracy Reporter

Station Road, which runs between Great Glen and Fleckney, will be closed between the junction with Newton Lane and the junction with Kibworth Road from Friday, January 13 until July later this year.

Busy Harborough district road will be closed for half a year

How the Sainsbury's store will look once complete and, inset, new manager Jay Lee

New Sainsbury's store on track to open in February

The woman and two children died after being found seriously injured at a property in Petherton Court, Kettering.

Police name nurse and two children who died in Kettering murder probe

Some of the watches which went under the hammer

Watch collection goes under the hammer in Harborough to make £88,000

American 18k gold hunter watch

More than 500 vintage watches amassed by local collector to go under the hammer

The branch will be closing.

NatWest set to close its Harborough branch - saying it has 'just six regular cus...

Trains are currently not running from the station

Trains from Harborough suspended after bridge damaged

Trains running through the area in both directions between Kettering and Leicester are being diverted and not calling at Market Harborough. Some services also may not be able to call at Leicester.

Delays to trains after damage to bridge near Harborough

Signalling lights were affected by the theft

Disruption to train services from Harborough after theft of signalling cables

Firefighters from Desborough battled to tackle a fierce blaze which ripped through farmland yesterday afternoon (Thursday).

Desborough firefighters tackle fierce blaze which ripped through farmland

Nick Freeman with his image which appeared in Vogue and shots of Vogue magazine

'Incredible first' for Desborough's Nick as image appears in Vogue

The A14 is closed in both directions after a lorry crashed onto the opposite carriageway.

A14 closed in both directions after lorry crashes onto opposite carriageway

Fly-tippers have dumped a load of rubbish on Market Harborough’s A6 bypass – just days after it was cleaned up.

Fly-tippers dump rubbish on Harborough’s A6 bypass – just days after it was clea...

The fire at Humphreys Lodge, Desborough Photo by Andy Carpenter

Investigation launched to find out what sparked a serious fire at a farm unit in...

Iron Mountain is expanding its operations and creating jobs by opening up in Lutterworth and Kettering.

Logistics company set to open at Lutterworth's Magna Park - and create jobs

Liv Kendrick, 17, is to have her head shaved at the Admiral Nelson pub on Nelson Street in Market Harborough at 5.30pm on Saturday (March 19).

Brave Harborough student will cut off her hair to raise funds towards a new mate...

Firefighters raced to free a driver trapped in their car after it veered off the road and ended up in a ditch near Desborough.

Firefighters free trapped driver after their car veered off the road and ended u...

Emergency crews had to go into a field to reach the car

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Dozens of passengers in Market Harborough have seen their buses cancelled over the last few days amid the Covid pandemic.

Dozens of passengers in Harborough have seen their buses cancelled over the last...

The collection of 4,000 whisky miniatures and memorabilia was amassed by Kettering-based enthusiast Brian Marshall over a 30-year period - and he admitted that he doesn't even like the stuff!

Collection of miniature bottles of whisky goes under the hammer in Harborough fo...

Neil O’Brien (second from right), MP for Harborough, has welcomed the news today that the Midland Mainline will be electrified in full.

Harborough MP welcomes plans to fully electrify the rail line between Harborough...

Firefighters raced to free an injured woman from her wrecked car after a three-vehicle crash on the A14.

Firefighters free injured woman from her wrecked car after a three-vehicle crash...

The collection was amassed by keen Kettering collector Brian Marshall between the late 1980s and 2016 – and he doesn’t even like whisky.

'I don't even like the stuff' admits collector who has amassed thousands of whis...

Firefighters dashed to tackle the blaze at the house on Rushton Road just after 8am yesterday morning (Monday).

Faulty tumble dryer is believed to have sparked a fire at house in Desborough

Winds hitting 70mph wreaked havoc across the region as they brought down trees, fences, roof tiles and walls.

Ferocious winds and heavy rainstorms lashed Harborough - with 'powerful tornado'...

A number of bus services in Market Harborough have had to be scrapped over the last few days because of a driver shortage.

Number of Harborough bus services scrapped over the last few days because of a d...

A CGI view of how the store could look

Sainsbury's reveals plans for Desborough store

Danielle Mellows

Desborough woman to run seven marathons in seven days for cancer charity

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