Author: HFM News

An ‘underground network fault’ caused a power cut in Market Harborough last night. The outage affected over 670 properties in the town just before 7pm. A National Grid Electricity Distribution spokesperson said: “At 6.59pm yesterday evening, a fault on our underground network caused a power cut affecting 674 properties in Market Harborough. “All power was […]

Police have launched an investigation after two men arrived at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough with serious injuries. Officers were alerted yesterday morning and attended the hospital site on Leicester Road, together with crews from East Midlands Ambulance Service. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “Just before 11am yesterday (Sunday 20 July) staff at […]

Two men have been arrested after a man turned up at Market Harborough Police Station with a stab wound injury on Saturday evening. The men, aged 49 and 46, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender yesterday and have since been bailed, pending further enquiries. The victim – aged in his 20s – arrived […]

The government is being urged to review a controversial decision to approve the building of six new homes in the centre of Lubenham. Harborough District Council gave the go-ahead for the development on fields off The Green last week, despite opposition from villagers and the Parish Council. Concerns included the impact on highway safety and […]

Highway bosses have fined Severn Trent Water for issues during roadworks in Market Harborough last week. Temporary traffic lights failed and were not fixed for several hours on Thursday and the works at the St Mary’s Road/Kettering Road and Clarence Street junction also over-ran. Leicestershire County Council has taken to action against the company and […]

An investigation is continuing after a man arrived at Market Harborough police station with a stab wound injury last night. The victim, aged in his 20s, was taken there in a Land Rover Defender car just after 8pm. Officers based within the police station administered immediate treatment at the scene, before the man was taken […]

Plans have been revealed for a dental practice in part of a former bank in Market Harborough and to build flats on the site. The proposal for the former HSBC bank on High Street would see the upper floors converted to accommodate four dental surgeries. It also includes demolishing the rear flat-roofed elements of the […]

The Conservatives have won a by-election in the Logan Ward of Market Harborough. Paul Bremner is the new councillor for the area after securing victory at yesterday’s poll with 410 votes, 55 more than the Liberal Democrats, who came second. The Tories, who are the opposition group on Harborough District Council, gained the seat from […]

A woman says she was nearly run over while trying to cross a busy junction in Market Harborough after traffic lights failed. She is one of a number of pedestrians who have hit out at Severn Trent Water, for failing to deal with the issue several hours after the fault was reported. Christine Ryder, who […]