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The additional 20 homes will bring the total in this part of the development to 489 homes – the wider plan for the site will see more than 900 homes built there

Additional homes approved for Market Harborough’s Airfield Farm development

The South Leicestershire Medical group is a GP practice based at the Kibworth Medical Centre but has branch surgeries in other locations such as Market Harborough, Fleckney and Great Glen. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Patients at troubled Harborough GP surgery say things are improving

Outgoing council chair Neil Bannister handed over £3,000 Janet McMillan of Leicestershire and Rutland branch of MND Association. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough District Council's new coalition formed during official handover

The votes are now in - and the counting has begun in Harborough

Conservatives lose overall control of Harborough District Council

Nationwide Building Society has now announced that it will only open its Market Harborough branch in High Street for four days week, down from six.

More bad news for bankers in Harborough

Businesses have received the grants

More than 40 businesses in Harborough district receive grants to help grow

Work will take place across Broughton Astley

Improvements to be made in Broughton Astley village centre

Potholes

Potholes in Harborough among those to be repaired thanks to cash boost

The banners are located around the main gateways into Harborough and Lutterworth.

New banners go up in the Harborough district to attract tourism and business

Cllr Phil King with Bob Lee, volunteers and FCC Environment

Harborough litter pickers thanked for tireless work keeping district clean

Protestors in Lutterworth

Lutterworth campaigners hold silent protest against pollution levels in the town
Lutterworth branch of the Labour Party is demanding action to improve air quality.

HFm’s Nick Shaw with Cllr Phil King and Bill Bowley from Toys On The Table at Harborough Market

Appeal launches to ensure disadvantaged children receive toy for Christmas

Blend coffee shop was among those to receive funding

Shop fronts across the Harborough district improved thanks to funding boost

CCTV is being temporarily removed in Welland Park

Council blunder means CCTV must be removed in Harborough’s Welland Park

Council chiefs have said no decision has yet been made on whether or not the district will build nearly 2,000 extra homes from Leicester’s unmet housing need.

'No decision yet' on whether Harborough will accept 2,000 homes from Leicester's...

The UK team. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

International sporting event heads to skies over Harborough

Harborough District Council's headquarters

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

Cllr Phil Knowles, who has fought hard to get the new toilets, said: “I can sum up my reaction to this news very simply – better late than never."

New toilets are finally set to open at Harborough railway station

Cllr King wants the Insolvency Service, an executive Government agency, to launch an urgent inquiry into the dramatic collapse of the Furniture Loft.

Harborough council leader calls for official investigation into controversial cl...

Harborough District Council's headquarters.

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

Furious Harborough council leader Phil King has told Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby – you could cost this region £1 billion.

Harborough council leader tells Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby: ‘You could co...

Harborough District Council chief Phil King is “honoured and delighted” after he’s been re-elected Conservative group leader for the fourth straight year.

Harborough District Council chief Phil King re-elected as Conservative group lea...

Kibworth Medical Centre

Harborough council leader demands answers as thousands of patients battle to get...

The Harborough council chief spoke after a string of local appeals have generated many tonnes of critical aid for seriously-distressed war refugees.

'Your support for the people of Ukraine has been phenomenal' - Harborough counci...

Harborough council chief Phil King is vowing to take in and look after desperate Ukrainian refugees being forced to flee their war-devastated homeland.

Council leader says Harborough will take in and look after desperate Ukrainian r...

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...

Harborough council leader Phil King is throwing his weight behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s dramatic move to end all Covid curbs in England after almost two years.

Harborough council leader supports Prime Minister's move to end all Covid curbs ...

An army of 60 volunteers have helped to plant about 4,500 trees at Husbands Bosworth Gliding Centre (photo by Gary Gouws at the Gliding Centre).

Volunteers help to plant about 4,500 trees at Husbands Bosworth Gliding Centre
The trees will help to form a fruit and nut long forest for wildlife at the popular local flying base near Market Harborough

The chances of a new 2,000-home estate being built on the southern edge of Market Harborough have been virtually wiped out for the foreseeable future, it’s emerged this afternoon.

Chances of new 2,000-home estate being built near Harborough 'have been virtuall...

The Prison Service has unveiled plans to build a new houseblock at 56-year-old high-security Gartree Prison by 2024 – housing up to 247 more inmates.

Have your say over a multi-million pound plans to expand Gartree Prison

Brooke Smith, Calvin Campbell, Neil O’Brien MP, warehouse manager Matt Coyne, business manager Penny Wallace, and Cllr Phil King at the Battery Service Hub.

Meeting the young people and employers benefitting from a national scheme to get...

Glenfield Hospital.

Harborough council leader says people in the district will struggle to get to Gl...

Anthony Lawton and his grand-daughter Kit Lawton

Villagers near Harborough fighting a bitter battle to protect their beloved open...

Some of the winning Conservative councillors.

Election results: Who won the Harborough seats at the county council election

The council paid £920,000 for 87 Granville Street and the land, which is marked in white.

Harborough council backs its decision to pay out £920,000 for a three-bedroom bu...

Carole Tilley with her husband Allan, holding an old story about the Hippo Appeal.

Harborough councillor under mounting pressure over £50,000 raised by a town char...

Harborough council leader Phil King is backing Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he gears up this afternoon to unveil the nation’s vital escape route out of the Covid national lockdown.

'Great news for schools, children and parents - but businesses need to open soon...

Busy scenes at the County Show in 2018, held at the Showground. Photo by Andrew Carpenter.

Anger and frustration boil over as councillors clash over the uncertain future o...

Harborough council leader Phil King is today imploring everyone – we have to unite now to defeat Covid-19 and escape this new national lockdown as soon as we can.

Council leader's message to the people of Harborough as we move into a new lockd...

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien.

Harborough MP vows to fight bombshell plans to build thousands of homes across t...

A huge scheme to build almost 3,000 homes near Lutterworth is poised to get the go-ahead next week.

Huge scheme to build almost 3,000 homes near Lutterworth is poised to get the go...

The Conservative council chief spoke as Public Health England figures showed cases have risen from 9.7 to 20.5 per 100,000 people throughout Harborough in the seven days up to Monday July 6.

Council leader urges people to stay calm as new cases of Covid-19 across the Har...

The lockdown area around Leicester.

Mayor of lockdown Leicester hits back after sparking a Covid-19 firestorm over “...

Harborough council leader Phil King has fired off an urgent SoS to the Government telling them please give us more Covid-19 cash now.

'We need extra cash as soon as possible to help Harborough recover after lockdow...

Harborough council leader Phil King has today sent a powerful coronavirus message to people stay at home and save lives.

Harborough council leader's powerful coronavirus message to people – stay at hom...
He made his impassioned plea as the UK was locked down by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday night.