Author: HFM News

Harborough District Council will hold an extraordinary meeting over mounting concerns about the possible expansion of Leicester city’s boundaries. The controversial move is being suggested by Leicester City Council as part of its proposal for local government re-organisation in Leicestershire. Opposition Conservative councillors at HDC have secured the meeting after Leicester Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby […]

Thousands of people are descending on the grounds of Kelmarsh Hall for this year’s Shambala Festival. The four-day music and performing arts event is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is set to attract around 15,000 festival-goers across the weekend. Many people have arrived in Market Harborough by train and have been taken to festival site […]

The Market Harborough Food and Drink Festival returns to Welland Park this weekend. Dozens of traders will be at the event tomorrow and Sunday and there will also be live music from a host of bands. The annual festival has been organised by Harborough Live Events in partnership with Harborough District Council and will be […]

Highway bosses are investigating the cause of an apparent subsidence issue affecting part of the A6 near Market Harborough. The problem has created a hump in the road on the northbound carriageway, between the Little Bowden turn at Clack Hill and the A427/Rockingham Road roundabout. Leicestershire County Council was alerted to the issue by concerned […]

Aldi has announced its new store in Market Harborough will open on September 4th. The finishing touches are being made to the £5m development on Rockingham Road, which will replace the discount retailer’s existing store on Springfield Street. 15 additional jobs will be created when the doors open and Paralympic gold medallist Jonathan Broom-Edwards will […]

One of Market Harborough’s most popular free events will return next month. The ‘Arts Fresco’ street theatre and arts festival will be held on Saturday September 13th. It will be the 24th year Arts Fresco has been held and will feature some of the UK’s best professional performers, alongside community performers at locations across the […]

Police believe a teenager last seen in Desborough may have travelled to London. Officers are concerned for the welfare of 16-year-old Alexis and have released a picture as they appeal for information as to her whereabouts. When Alexis was last seen on Friday (August 15th), she was wearing a black jumper and black shorts. She […]

Drivers are being warned one of the main routes in and out of Market Harborough will be closed for four nights next week. The stretch of Rockingham Road between Gores Lane and the Riverside industrial estate will be shut between 8pm and 6am from Tuesday evening. The closure is needed for on-going highway improvement work […]

Teenagers across Harborough are celebrating good GCSE results. The pass rate in core subjects has increased this year at Robert Smyth Academy, while students at Welland Park Academy have also achieved well. Pupils at Robert Smyth Academy told HFM how they had got on: The cohort of students had studies disrupted by Covid lockdowns and […]

A man was arrested and a machete and knife recovered after Police were called to a ‘public order incident’ in Market Harborough. Officers attended Pear Tree Gardens just after 9.30am on Sunday and later searched a section of the River Welland, where the knife was pulled from the water. The 22-year-old man was arrested on […]