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Lib Dem women’s group claims party has banned promotion of event over trans views. (Photo: Getty Images)

Lib Dem women’s group banned from promoting event over trans views

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

The practice is allowed during wet weather to prevent pipe networks from backing up.

Council to discuss lobbying government to grill water companies over sewage

Liberal Democrat councillor Phil Knowles took the reigns as council leader earlier this week, following his nomination by the majority coalition group.

New council leader sets out plans to boost services in the Harborough district

Cllr Knowles says further upgrades to the town hospital are needed.

Harborough councillor to discuss future of St Luke’s with NHS bosses

Liz Truss will be able to claim up to £115,000 per year of taxpayers money after resigning as Prime Minister

Liz Truss can claim up to £115,000 per year of taxpayers money

Geraldine Whitmore (centre) is the new councillor for Logan Ward. She is pictured with Phil Knowles (right) after the election.

Lib Dem councillor is 'delighted' after being elected in Harborough ward

Harborough District Council's headquarters

Harborough district councillors back new campaign to crack down on the abuse and...

The site of the proposed superjail

Gauntlet thrown down to Dominic Raab as the growing battle to block a £300 milli...

Cllr Dominic Fosker, who represents Logan Ward in Market Harborough, has gone after moving away to Farnham in April to take up a new job and be nearer his family.

Harborough district councillor who moved 123 miles south to Surrey has quit

Harborough District Council

Harborough council urged to improve quality of its online coverage of meetings
It took some residents up to 45 minutes to be able to tune in on Monday night

Harborough District Council's headquarters.

Harborough district councillor who has moved 123 miles south to Surrey should qu...

The call to arms to urgently improve and enhance St Mary’s Road is being made by Liberal Democrat district councillors Phil Knowles and Peter James.

Main Harborough road is run down and needs to be seriously overhauled, claim two...

A “dangerous” gaping hole in a well-used footbridge in Market Harborough has been hastily patched up after being blasted by a furious district councillor. Photos courtesy of HFM.

‘Dangerous’ gaping hole in a well-used footbridge in Harborough has been hastily...

A multi-million pound scheme to build new toilets at Market Harborough railway station has been delayed again.

Multi-million pound scheme to build new toilets at Harborough railway station ha...

Harborough District Council should get behind bold new moves to open a new rail link to Northampton and beyond, a full council meeting heard last night (Thursday).

Plans to get behind a new rail link to Northampton and beyond have been rejected...

A Harborough councillor has called on local people to minimise their use of plastic in a bid to save the planet.

Harborough councillor's plea for people to minimise their use of plastic in a bi...

The site of the proposed housing scheme.

Councillors call for council report into under-fire Harborough housing scheme to...

A controversial long-delayed scheme to build new toilets at Market Harborough railway station is finally due to start in the next fortnight.

Long-delayed scheme to build new toilets at Harborough railway station is finall...

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Market Harborough tip should be open throughout the week while Kibworth's is shu...

Photo by Andrew Carpenter.

Furious councillors and campaigners vow to kill off 'monster' 2,000-home Market ...

People are being urged not to “terrorise” vulnerable people, pets and livestock by randomly firing off fireworks across Harborough over the next few weeks.

Harborough residents urged to spare a thought for vulnerable people, pets and li...

The vegan market will be held on The Square in the town centre from 10.30am-4pm on Sunday October 31

Harborough's first ever vegan market will be a 'huge positive' for the town, say...

Some petrol stations have run out of fuel.

'Stop panic buying petrol now' says Harborough council leader

The Harborough Mail front page when the hospital opened

Huge thank you to staff at St Luke’s Hospital in Harborough - four years since i...

A computer generated image of the new prison.

New £300 million high-security jail set to be built near Harborough has moved a ...

Almost £9 million is set to be pumped into revamping Market Harborough Leisure Centre.

Almost £9 million is set to be pumped into revamping Market Harborough Leisure C...

Do walkers have been piling up black bags of dog mess in the cut which links The Pastures, off Brookfield Road, to Wheat Close on a new estate by Lubenham Hill.

Disgusting: Dog walkers continue to dump plastic bags of their pets’ mess in a H...
One councillor says they also are posing a health hazard

Cllr Phil Knowles warned that the problem is getting worse as thousands more people move into the town and surrounding area.

Action has to be taken now to tackle growing traffic congestion in Harborough, w...

The site of the proposed £300 million jail.

Last chance to have your say on plans for a new £300 million jail near Gartree P...

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Market Harborough councillors fighting 'losing battle' to save town centre bank ...

The two “dangerous” flats on St Mary’s Road were shut down by Harborough council on Friday (July 2).

Distressed tenants urgently moved out of two Harborough flats which pose 'immine...

Cllr Phil Knowles said the number of garden waste bins being paid for this year has falllen by 2,351 compared to last year.

Are Harborough residents turning their back on the green bin service due to the ...

The scheme to build 350 properties on a 36-acre chunk of land off Eady Drive was resoundingly rubberstamped by Harborough council’s planning committee last night (Tuesday).

Another large housing estate in Harborough approved – creating almost 1,000 new ...

Harborough District Council is to become the first LOROS ‘compassionate workplace’ in the East Midlands.

How you can show your compassionate side in Harborough as district council backs...

A nursery is stepping in to donate new trees after seven saplings were destroyed by vandals in a popular Market Harborough park.

Nursery steps in to donate new trees after seven saplings were destroyed by vand...

Council chiefs are vowing to modernise three flats in Market Harborough this summer after vulnerable tenants were left freezing during the recent wintry blast of snow and ice.

Flats in Harborough set to be improved after vulnerable tenants were left freezi...

Hard-up council tenants in Market Harborough have been left freezing because they couldn’t afford to pay their heating bills as the country suffered its coldest winter for three years.

Hard-up council tenants in Harborough have been left freezing and unable to pay ...

Over 800 furious people have signed petitions slamming the Naseby Square project since the shell-shocked tenants of 19 bungalows were told by Waterloo Housing in May 2018 that their beloved homes were to be knocked down.

Internal review launched by council into controversial scheme to redevelop elder...

The leaked plans suggests an overhaul for NHS England (Photo: Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

A leaked document suggests an overhaul for NHS England - here’s what it says

A number of customers have been finding it difficult to take out their new green bin subscriptions online in Harborough this week.

Some people have had difficulties getting their new green bin subscriptions onli...

Flooding on Scotland Road, Market Harborough.

'Enough is enough': Urgent meeting called to deal with flooding in Harborough

The leader of Harborough District Council is imploring people not to flout the Covid rules.

'Harborough's Covid rate is not coming down due to a minority of people choosing...

The cost of paying for your green bin in Harborough is to rise to £55 in the spring.

Cost of paying for your green bin in Harborough is to rise - here are the detail...

Cllr Phil Knowles branded the latest figures “horrifying” as he called on people throughout Harborough to beat the virus with Christmas looming.

Harborough councillor urges people to 'spread the word not Covid-19' as the rate...
Cllr Phil Knowles branded the latest figures “horrifying” as he called on people throughout Harborough to beat the virus with Christmas looming

Harborough District Council's headquarters.

Harborough council set to become one of the first local authorities in the count...

A veteran councillor has slammed the move to put new cycle pods in the front car park at Market Harborough railway station.

Why the positioning of new cycle pods at Harborough railway station has caused a...

Cllr Roger Dunton says the long-awaited monent is 'just around the corner'

After an incredible 28-year wait, is the new £50,000 hydrotherapy pool finally p...

Roger Dunton has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

“At first I thought it was a scam!' - ecstatic Harborough councillor awarded MBE...

The worried leader of Harborough council is to tell the Government that he has many concerns about its bombshell blueprint to shake up planning.

Harborough council leader says he has 'many concerns' over Government's radical ...

Leicester Royal Infirmary front entrance.

New £450 million boost for Leicestershire health services - Harborough residents...

Spot checks are to be carried out at scores of businesses across Harborough to make sure that they are not breaking strict Covid-19 guidelines.

Spot checks to be carried out at Harborough businesses to make sure that they ar...

A leading councillor has hit out because plastic bottles, tubs and trays are not being accepted at Market Harborough tip.

Plastic bottles, tubs and trays are not being accepted at Harborough tip - and c...

Out of hours services must be re-opened at a Market Harborough hospital now, a top health campaigner is demanding.

Out of hours services must be re-opened now at St Luke’s Hospital in Harborough ...

New cross-party Covid-19 Scrutiny Task Group has been set up to analyse the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the Harborough district.

New cross-party Covid-19 Scrutiny Task Group has been set up to analyse the impa...