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Road closed sign. Picture: Olivia Preston

Road closures to know about in and around Harborough

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Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

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Roadworks caused 'chaos' on the roads

Severn Trent Water could face fine after roadwork chaos on A6 in Kibworth

Raw sewage was dumped into Harborough's waterways 479 times in the space of just one year.

Raw sewage dumped into Harborough's waterways 479 times in 2022

The stretch of Coventry Road leading off the High Street to the turn-off to the Commons car park by the Co-op store was closed early this morning.

Busy road in Harborough town centre reopens after being shut for three days

Alberto Costa MP with Peter Vale and Mark Blakeley of Severn Trent at Lutterworth Treatment Plant

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Logan Street, which runs off Coventry Road, is being closed from Knoll Street to Highcross Street as the emergency work is carried out.

Stretch of busy road in Harborough set to be shut until early next week

Scores of people in Market Harborough are experiencing low water pressure today (Wednesday) after a pipe burst.

Scores of people in Harborough experiencing low water pressure after a pipe burs...
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Scores of villagers in Harborough were left without water today (Wednesday) on the hottest day of the year.

Scores of villagers in the Harborough district were left without water on the ho...

The huge Severn Trent Water trucks, which can carry up to 30,000 litres each, were drafted into Kibworth Harcourt on Tuesday June 2.

Water tankers sent to the Harborough area in the last 24 hours to help restore w...

The entire Harborough area has seen water pressure fall dramatically as demand has soared during the current scorching hot spell.

Warning after hundreds of villages near Harborough ran out of water

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Tens of thousands of Severn Trent Water customers across Harborough will see their bills pegged at about 358 for another year.

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Lois Dugmore inspects the damage on Kimcote Road at Walton.

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Kettering Road, near Ashley Way, in Market Harborough.

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Kibworth resident Dr Kevin Feltham with the repaired leak on Carlton Road in Kibworth Harcourt. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-180310-081119005

Water pipe near a Harborough village still leak despite five '˜repairs'

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