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The Christmas Gala will be held in Desborough

Desborough Christmas Gala Night and light switch on to be held this week

Trinity Singers

Desborough concert set to raise money for local food bank

Desborough Heritage Centre

Desborough Heritage Centre to open its doors for 1940's day

Work to the Midland Mainline railway has meant a number of bridges near to Newton Harcourt have had to be rebuilt, resulting in closures on some of the area’s busiest roads.

Rat-run is 'accident waiting to happen' say residents

Transport company Network Rail has apologised to residents for the extended closure of a busy commuter road that has been shut since January.

Further delays to bridge work on busy Harborough commuter road

A busy commuter road that has been shut for seven months will remain closed because of “unexpected delays” to a railway bridge upgrade.

Busy road in Harborough district to remain shut after seven months

The nostalgia event will be returning in September. Image by Fernandoschi pixabay.com

Desborough residents set to go back in time as forties event returns this summer

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Teenage girl seriously injured after being hit by a car in Broughton Astley

An application to open a funeral directors has been denied for a second time after the Planning Inspectorate echoed a council’s concerns it would create too much noise and disturbance for its neighbours.

Plans for funeral directors in Broughton Astley denied for second time

Three Choirs and Friends - made up of singers from Albany Singers, Trinity Singers and Valley Voices - will be performing on Saturday April 22, raising money for the local air ambulance.

Three choirs will sing together for special night of songs and music

The Station Road railway bridge, between Great Glen and Fleckney.

Major bridge works in Harborough district can now go ahead
Council leader said the authority was “fed up to the back teeth” with Network Rail

Passengers have been warned no trains will stop at Market Harborough station this Sunday as part of a Network Rail project to electrify the railway between Kettering and Wigston.

Passengers warned that no trains will stop at Harborough station this Sunday

Station Road, which runs between Great Glen and Fleckney, will be closed between the junction with Newton Lane and the junction with Kibworth Road from Friday, January 13 until July later this year.

Busy Harborough district road will be closed for half a year

Tractors will take to the roads across Leicestershire

Every location you can catch the UK's largest festive tractor run

Kibworth resident Tom Silk has been charged £170 for parking in his own parking space outside his property. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Kibworth man slapped with £170 fine - after parking in his own space

Bell Street and Station Road will be closed to traffic in the Harborough district town as “new services” are set up at Lutterworth Museum on Gilmorton Road.

Two busy roads in Lutterworth will be shut for three weeks from tomorrow (Thursd...

This rubbish was piled up in a tranquil countryside lane on Station Road, Newton Harcourt, and includes building waste, cardboard boxes, broken old chairs and large plastic containers.

Investigators carry out forensic search on a huge pile of rubbish dumped in the ...

The fire started at the home in Station Road on the A47 in Thurnby, on the northern edge of the district, just before 4pm.

All three emergency services called to house fire in the northern part of the Ha...

Station Yard is a remarkable vision of ambitious architecture located down a pathway, surrounded by trees.

Property focus: This ambitious architectural vision feels like you're in the mid...

An air ambulance helicopter was scrambled after a car crashed into a tree near Desborough this morning (Monday).

Air ambulance helicopter called to a crash near Desborough

Liz White aid she was ecstatic to get her cockapoo Logan home after he was cruelly snatched from a boarding kennels on Station Road, North Kilworth, during the hours of darkness.

'It’s almost impossible to put into words how I feel' - the magical moment a dog...

Workers survey the problem after 400 homes lost their internet access. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Hundreds of homes affected after workers appear to have cut through internet cab...

Police, ambulances and firefighters dashed to the scene after two cars collided on Station Road, Thurnby, at 4.43pm.

Person cut free from their car after a crash on the northern edge of Harborough ...

An elderly driver with dementia had to be rescued by police after he got lost and crashed into a field near Market Harborough on Monday night (October 5).

Elderly driver with dementia rescued by police after he got lost and crashed int...

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St Mary's Church

Festive music event at St Mary’s church in Lutterworth