The Harborough Mail

21/08/2025

Reform UK have announced its new Leicestershire cabinet appointments - but opposition councillors said the decision to replace one councillor with two is "costly".
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/mtyw2baj

21/08/2025

Students, staff, and families at Welland Park Academy are proudly celebrating a superb set of GCSE results, marking a moment of joy and reflection for the whole school community.

Students, staff, and families at Welland Park Academy are proudly celebrating a superb set of GCSE results, marking a moment of joy and reflection for the whole school community. There has been even further improvement to the already outstanding achievements in English and Maths that placed WPA amon...

21/08/2025

The photo that captures that magical feeling! Once again, many congratulations to the pupils (following on from our previous article).

All at Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough are immensely proud of the school’s commitment to being a truly comprehensive school, inclusive in the fullest sense. Today’s results reflect a spectrum of excellent achievement across the student cohort. This includes a raft of top grades across ...

21/08/2025

Well done to the pupils at Robert Smyth Academy who are today (Thursday) celebrating another year of outstanding GCSE results.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/3uww7ujm

20/08/2025

People in Lutterworth are being asked to step up and support a month-long national campaign to raise awareness about footwear poverty in the UK and abroad.

20/08/2025

A property consultancy in Market Harborough is taking on an epic fundraising challenge in aid of a cancer research charity which is close to the heart of a colleague who is celebrating 20 years in remission from Leukaemia this year.

20/08/2025

Machete and knife have been recovered after police searched the River Welland in Harborough. A man has been arrested.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/4a9pxwej

18/08/2025

Leicestershire County Council news: Opposition councillors have slammed Reform UK’s leadership of Leicestershire County Council amid news that its deputy leader has left his position just three months after taking it on.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/y4uaz8nf

18/08/2025

Planning applications for more than 2,000 homes are currently awaiting a decision in the Harborough district.
This is in addition to schemes Harborough District Council (HDC) has already approved, including plans for a huge development of 2,750 homes in Lutterworth East.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/bdz9zsd7

18/08/2025

Sad update to the story we published yesterday (Sunday).
A motorcyclist has now died following a crash near Harborough.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/3fkn9ct2

15/08/2025

Stuart has been keeping a close eye on Harborough's resident peregrines, whose eggs keep rolling from the ledge where they nest. Click for the full story 🦅

A falcon enthusiast is calling on Harborough District Council and St Dionysius Church to help nesting peregrines successfully raise their young.

15/08/2025

Thank you to resident and reader Dennis Woods for this snap of a stunning grass snake he found sunning itself in his garden! Dennis described it as around 4 feet with attractive colourings of green and black with a splash of yellow on its head. What a beauty!