A DISTINCTIVE yellow New York City taxi cab has been turning heads on the streets of Harborough.

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MEDBOURNE Bowls Club held their end-of-season presentation night at The Hunting Lodge, Cottingham.

RISING star Patrick McCann has been picking up advice from some of Britain’s sporting legends.

A COUNTY men’s squad winter get-together was held at Kilworth Springs GC and just managed to beat the snow.

A FOOTBALL club’s three-year battle to rise from the ashes of a devastating fire will reach its conclusion next week with the opening of a new clubhouse.

ZUMBA added an extra burst of energy to a 24 hour sponsored sports event at Robert Smyth Academy.

SCHOOLS in the area are being invited to take part in a scheme in which top athlete mentors visit their pupils.

HARBOROUGH duo Willie McCann and Michael Wallace have landed crushing stoppage victories in the National Schoolboy championship pre-quarter-finals held in Manchester.

ALL-ROUND athlete and former Gladiators star Jenny Pacey made an appearance at a new state-of the-art gym in Harborough.

OLYMPICS copyright red-tape could stop the district’s schools from celebrating the event in song and music and hinder a Leicestershire business from giving children something to sing about.

ALL home games at Lutterworth RFC were postponed on Saturday due to ground conditions.

THE recent spell of frost and snow has prevented Lutterworth Ladies Hockey Team from building on the momentum gained in their last two games, both convincing wins in the Leicestershire Premier Division.

DESBOROUGH Town face a third Saturday in succession without a league fixture after the withdrawal of opponents St Ives Town whose FA Vase fixture has been re-arranged after postponement at the weekend.

THE Shoulder of Mutton maintained their unbeaten record in a nailbiter against the Nelson in the Harborough A League.

CLAYBROOKE notched some close scores in the Rugby and District Badminton League but couldn’t prevent a comfortable 7-2 win for Long Lawford with Tracy Hillyard and Ian Gregory remaining unbeaten on the night.

THE first game of the day in the latest round of Market Harborough Netball Legaue matches saw Skillspoint pitched against Oshas.

FOLLOWING excellent performances at county level, six of the Market Harborough Vixens Under-15s girls have been selected for the Midlands Divisional Squad.

A STRONG Harborough A team narrowly missed out on victory by just a single point in the second round of the Leicester and District Winter League, despite winning a massive 24 out of the 49 events.

THE classic Festival of 1000 Bikes – with GP heroes Kevin Schwantz and Randy Mamola already confirmed – headlines the 2012 Mallory Park calendar of events from July 6 to 8 when more than 20,000 spectators are expected to flock to the local circuit.

A CRICKETER has received confirmation that he will carry the Olympic torch this summer.