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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
The ‘Neighbourhood Hub’ format store, has been under construction since last summer.

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

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...
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)

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...

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

At least 16 firefighters fought the flames which spread across over seven acres of stubble by Desborough Road between Desborough and Braybrooke.

Firefighters battle for over three hours to bring a huge blaze in countryside ne...

Photo: Highways England.

Thousands of drivers caught in massive traffic jam near Market Harborough

Cassandra French said she is “thrilled to bits” after gangster drama Lucas and Albert won the coveted Best Feature Film at the National Film Awards.

Harborough actor's low-budget gangster movie wins top award at glittering film c...

A derelict industrial site in Desborough has been attacked by arsonists for the second time in the last eight weeks.

Derelict industrial site in Desborough targeted by arsonists for the second time...

Arsonists started a fire in a derelict building in Desborough on Saturday night.

Arsonists start a fire in a derelict building in Desborough

Cllr Phil King, Neil O’Brien MP, Frankie McHugo (former Cllr) and Cllr Rani Mahal.

Work to kickstart electrifying the busy railway line from Harborough to Ketterin...
The MP spoke as work teams have now begun clearing vegetation from beside the tracks that could interfere with the new power cables

Ben Johnson.

Heartfelt wave of tributes to former Harborough pharmacist Ben Johnson

A woman in her 80s drove the wrong way along the busy A14 for over two miles last night (Tuesday) – but miraculously no one was injured.

Pensioner in her 80s drove the wrong way along the busy A14 for over two miles n...

Plans are being drawn up by Network Rail to install overhead power cables from Kettering and upgrade bridges along the route, through Desborough, Braybrooke and Little Bowden.

Thousands of commuters are a step nearer to benefitting from the electrification...

Theout-of-hours Urgent Care Centre at St Lukes Treatment Centre Hospital on Leicester Road is operating once again.

'This is a very important step' - out-of-hours Urgent Care Centre at Harborough'...

Emergency services raced to the scene after the van collided with a box van on the busy road’s eastbound carriageway, close to junction 1, near Welford at about 7.30am.

Injured driver cut free from wrecked van after crash near Harborough

Fire ripped through over 500 tonnes of straw bales in a village near Market Harborough through the night (Wednesday September 16).

Fire destroys over 500 tonnes of straw bales in a village near Harborough - the ...

Joshua Crooke has won a place at the National Youth Theatre.

Performing arts student from Harborough has won a place at the National Youth Th...

A person has died after they were hit by a freight train on the Leicester to Market Harborough railway line in the early hours today (Wednesday).

Person dies after being hit by a freight train on the Leicester to Harborough ra...

Baby Rex with nurses.

Harborough mum is helping to boost frontline NHS staff as her children fight the...

Young Rex with his family.

How a Harborough mum has thanked the wonderful hospital medics who are looking h...