Author: HFM News

The Harborough Band is preparing staging an eight-hour ‘Band-A-Thon’ in Market Harborough town centre tomorrow. Around 20 members of the brass band will be playing under the Old Grammar School from 9.30am, to raise money for much-needed new equipment and instruments needed for future performances. A similar event last year raised over £1,000 and people […]

A former car service centre in Little Bowden has been put up for sale for £300,000. The ATS Euromaster base on Kettering Road closed in March. Agents marketing the site say: “The property comprises of a detached industrial unit configured as a 4 bay workshop with ground floor office, customer reception, staff areas and storage […]

Thousands of people are set to descend on Market Harborough Showground this weekend as the venue is transformed back to war-time. ‘Operation Market Harborough’ has returned for a third year and got underway today. The World War II and post-war spectacular includes tanks and military vehicle displays, battle reenactments in an outdoor arena, vintage traders […]

Market Harborough’s two secondary schools are to benefit from funding totalling over £400,000. Welland Park Academy has been handed just under £190,000 to upgrade seating in its Octagonal Theatre, while Robert Smyth Academy will get over £218,000 to refurbish changing room facilities. The funding has been awarded by Harborough District Council through the ‘Section 106’ […]

Train enthusiasts are in for a treat as the Flying Scotsman is set to pass through Market Harborough railway station twice tomorrow (Saturday). The world-famous steam locomotive is expected to travel south through the station in reverse just after 10am and then return pulling carriages north at around 11.45am. The Flying Scotsman will initially be […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a van driver was seriously injured in a crash on the A14 near Welford yesterday. The collision on the eastbound carriageway involved a silver Mercedes Sprinter van and a white Scania lorry and happened just after 9am, between the M1/M6 junction at Catthorpe and junction 1 The driver of […]

A prolific thief who stole goods worth over £4,000 from shops in and around Market Harborough has been jailed for eight months. Dion Robinson admitted 27 offences – the majority of which were committed in the last three months – when he was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates’ Court. The 34-year-old stole items including alcohol, meat, […]

Part of a car park wall in Market Harborough has collapsed after a driver crashed into it. The incident showered the road and pavement on Bowden Lane with bricks and masonry, but luckily no-one was injured. The crash near the EV charging points in the Doddridge Road car park happened yesterday. Part of the pavement […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died in a crash on the A6 between Desborough and Market Harborough. The rider of a black Yamaha motorcycle travelling from Desborough was in collision with the drivers of a black Nissan Pixo car and a Renault horse transport box, travelling in the opposite direction. The crash […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council will meet with Police, landowners and the operator of Market Harborough Showground following the Light and Life Convention at the venue last week. Cllr Phil Knowles says he was ‘disappointed’ to hear about incidents alleged to have been linked to the religious event, but has hit back at criticism […]