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4,000 homes are planned for the area. (Image: Urban&Civic Developments Limited And Homes England)

Residents have their say about plans for new 4,000-home town

The rough outline of the proposed 180-home development at the edge of Great Glen (Image: Google Earth)

Controversial plans for 180 homes in Great Glen rejected by council

The rough outline of the proposed 180-home development at the edge of Great Glen (Image: Google Earth)

Plans to build 180 homes at edge of village to be discussed by council

An Indian restaurant in the Harborough district has been given one of the lowest food hygiene ratings after inspectors found a number of worrying findings – but the owner claims most of them were down to mother nature.

Indian restaurant in Harborough district given low food hygiene rating

Police sordon at St Mary's Hospital, Kettering/IMG

Police set up cordon at St Mary's Hospital in London Road, Kettering

The pub on London Road in Great Glen Image: Google Earth

Plans to extend well-known pub in Great Glen are refused

The road and pavement area will be closed during the works
Image: one.network

Diversions in place as major road to close for five months

Four bespoke family homes are set to be built in Great Glen, Leicestershire

Green light for family housing scheme in Leicestershire village

Great Glen crematorium is hosting a Christmas carol and memorial service next month

Crematorium hosting Christmas carol and memorial service to remember loved ones

The site, north of London Road, is 22.5 hectares in size (image: Google Earth)

Plans submitted for 450 homes near Great Glen

The warning has been issued for London Road, in Great Glen.

Drivers face 17-day main road closure in Great Glen
Drivers are expected to be “severely impacted” when a main road closes for 17 days.
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The rough outline of the proposed 180-home development at the edge of Great Glen (Image: Google Earth)

Plans unveiled for 180 new homes near Great Glen – have your say on the proposal

Applicant David Wilson Homes has submitted the first stage plan for homes on land south of London Road in Great Glen.

Major 180-home plan emerges for Harborough district village

A closure will affect Evington Road, Leicester, between 17-23 August

Roadworks to close part of Evington Road between 17-23 August

Flintlock Blunderbuss pistol

Whopping £130,000 hammer price for antique weaponry at Harborough auction

A man in his 50s was seriously injured after he was hit by a car just after midnight today (Wednesday) in a Harborough district village.

Man seriously injured after being hit by a car in Great Glen

A driver has died after his van veered off the road and crashed into a brook in Great Glen last night (Sunday).

Driver dies after van veers off road and crashes into brook in the Harborough di...

Great Glen Crematorium donates money to Kaleidoscope

Great Glen Crematorium donates thousands of pounds to two vital charities in Lei...

Jasmine Moseley was a regular visitor to Great Glen Crematorium on London Road as she worked as an apprentice groom with The Horse & Carriage Company, a job she loved.

New charity set up in memory of a much-loved teenager receives donation from Gre...

People are being welcomed back to this year’s Christmas Carol and Remembrance Service at Great Glen Crematorium.

Christmas Carol and Remembrance Service returns to Great Glen Crematorium

The scene near Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury where a train heading to Bristol crashed

Two trains collide with 100 people rescued from tunnel and driver taken to hospi...

The people who tipped the pile of soil, bricks and concrete in the countryside off London Road, Great Glen, are being sought by Harborough council’s environmental crime team.

Hunt is on to find the fly-tippers who dumped this rubbish in a Harborough distr...

Great Glen Crematorium on London Road is handing out the cash after raising it as part of its metal recycling scheme.

Three local charities get a £10,000 boost thanks to a Harborough district cremat...

Great Glen Crematorium is webcasting a Christmas carol and remembrance service at 7pm on Thursday, December 3.

Christmas carol and remembrance service is to go ahead at a Harborough district ...

An emotive memorial garden for people killed by the Covid-19 virus is going to be created at a crematorium in the Harborough district.

Memorial garden for people killed by the Covid-19 virus is going to be created i...

Dashcam footage shows cyclist running a red light - then crashing into two lampp...

Proposed plans for Great Glen Village Hall and Community Centre. NNL-181219-093647005

Â£1.7m hall for Harborough village a step closer thanks to builder's cash

Great Glen

Good news for Harborough district village as estate plan refused
Some good news for villagers at Great Glen at last, as a proposal for another 100 new homes locally was turned down by Harborough District Council planners.
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Work on the new distribution centre for Primark at Islip earlier this year

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