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Festival of Light marks the return of HFM’s outside events.. On Saturday July 24th 2021, the Market Harborough Showground was the venue for this massive event. Thousands witnessed an afternoon and evening of aerobatic displays, sky divers, lightshows and a massive firework display to end the evening. HFM broadcast live from the event and punctuated […]
Fundraisers are getting set to make a big splash for charity in Market Harborough this weekend. The annual SwiMarathon is taking place at the Leisure Centre and it’ll be extra special since it’s the tenth year of the big fundraiser. Teams of up to six people will swim in relay for fifty minutes non-stop at […]
The latest of HFM’s quiz nights was held on Wednesday March 4th. The event – held at the towns Angel Hotel was hosted by Dave Irving – ably assisted by Pat Stones. The fun evening takes place on the first Wednesday of each month. Teams of up to six battle it out over several rounds […]
Schoolchildren in the Harborough District will be alerted to the dangers of violent drug gangs by a hard-hitting touring play being staged here next month. Commissioned by Leicestershire Police, “County Lines” will warn pupils – and also parents, teachers and professionals – about the national drug trafficking threat. Performed by three actors, it’ll raise awareness […]
As the number of people in the UK confirmed to have caught the Coronavirus continues to increase, the first case has been confirmed in Northamptonshire. Public Health England has revealed a resident returning home to the county from Italy has tested positive for the currently untreatable new COVID-19 strain. The race is now on to […]
The former leader of Harborough District Council has a starring role in a new video about recycling. Blake Pain – who’s now a cabinet member for Environment and Transport at Leicestershire County Council – is fronting an awareness campaign to make sure we recycle our waste items properly. The two-minute video gives a behind the […]
Plans to help cyclists by putting lights inside a former railway tunnel in our area have been scrapped. Daventry District Councillors were considering making improvements to the 525 yard Kelmarsh Tunnel – which is now part of the Brampton Valley Way cycle route. The £50,000 scheme would have seen lighting installed for riders and pedestrians […]
The former finance director of a Market Harborough tour operator has been sentenced at Leicester Crown Court after pleading guilty to swindling his employers. Jamie Tann’s offences led to the collapse of Diamond Shortbreak Holidays in 2017. 38 year-old Mr Tann, who comes from Corby, initially appeared in court last October where he pleaded guilty […]
A complex clean up operation is underway at a one hundred acre property near Husbands Bosworth after investigations revealed it had become a massive dumping ground. Environment Agency officials are on the scene at Firs Farm – on the western side of Welford Road – following the discovery of a large quantity of piled up […]
Congratulations to the winners of our St. Valentine’s Day competition winners. Roy Goode entered our competition on behalf of his fiancé Charlotte Pearson and himself to win a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Jessica Mary Flowers in Abbey Street and a romantic meal at the Coach & Horses in Lubenham. The couple plan to wed […]
