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Market Harborough town centre. Picture: Iconic Media Group

New 'town council' for Market Harborough coming in April 2027

Harborough District Council building. Picture: Iconic Media Group

Council leader blasts government minister's response to city expansion concerns

Harborough District Council has confirmed the by-election for Councillor David Gair’s former seat will take place on Thursday, July 2.

By-election candidates revealed following death of 'highly-respected' councillor

Council leader Dan Harrison (CREDIT: LDRS)

Reform’s Dan Harrison re-elected as leader of Leicestershire County Council

Symington Building, Harborough District Council's HQ.

Conservatives put forward motion to remove current administration

Volunteers interested in being involved with the Rewilding Harborough project took part in guided tours of the site near Great Bowden

Volunteers enjoy guided tour of Rewilding Harborough project site

A protest is being planned outside Leicestershire’s county hall over proposed closures of SEND nurseries.

Planned protest over SEND closures in Leicestershire gets cross-party support

The three parcels of land that the council has purchased for the rewilding sites. They total about 133 acres. (Map data: Google, Bluesky, Maxar Technologies).

Harborough's ambitious rewilding scheme ‘in doubt’

Council leader Cllr Phil Knowles and Ullesthorpe ward councillor Rosita Page visited the site of a recent fly-tip in the Harborough district, near Ashby Parva.

Maximum penalty for fly-tipping looks set to increase to £1,000

John Richardson (chief executive at Harborough District Council), Cllr Darren Woodiwiss and council leader Cllr Phil Knowles survey part of the 130 acres they hope to rewild.

Tree planting to mark first year of Harborough rewilding project

Northampton Magistrates' Court. File image.

Council candidate charged with stalking in lead up to local election
A Reform candidate has denied stalking a woman in Corby in the weeks before May’s local elections.
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Leicestershire County Council

Reform UK announce new Leicestershire cabinet appointments

Tories now have an equal number of seats to the district council's ruling coalition.

Tories take Logan ward seat after passing of Liberal Democrat councillor

Harborough Liberal Democrat district councillor Barbara Johnson died on Thursday, April 24, at the age of 82.

By-election triggered after death of long-serving Harborough councillor

The county council elections will take place on Thursday May 1.

Lib Dems set out pledges ahead of the 2025 local election

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

The motion will be discussed at a full council meeting next week.

Harborough councillor proposes to lobby government over ‘archaic’ voting system

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

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

Breaking 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
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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...

File image.

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
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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 ...

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