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The Harborough Citizen was a free newspaper with a circulation of 10,000 launched in April 2006. It was distributed to homes in the town of Market Harborough and some surrounding villages. Generally, it features a story on the front that will also appear in the Harborough Mail on Thursday. It also included puzzle pages and was used to promote competitions due to appear in the Harborough Mail that week, as the Citizen was delivered to homes on a Tuesday or Wednesday while the Mail would be on news stands on a Thursday.

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The Harborough Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Harborough and the surrounding area. The Harborough Mail was owned by Welland Valley Newspapers, a company established in April 1883, but is now part of Northamptonshire Newspapers but the Harborough Mail itself was established in 1854. Northants Newspapers and Welland Valley Newspapers are both part of Johnston Press. The newspaper is brought out every Thursday and contains the usual local newspaper fair such as local news and sport results. The newspaper also contains a cartoon called 'Mal & Lard' - which features two ducks called Mal and Lard, and a children's club called "Harbie's Gang". Harbie the newshound makes regular appearances at public events and has a whole page dedicated to him and his gang every week. The Mal & Lard cartoon is drawn by Harborough artist Nathan Shelton under his business name Ant Creations.

In February 2010 the Citizen, which is produced by the same team involved with the Harborough Mail, was placed on hiatus, although not officially cancelled, until further notice.

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