Author: HFM News

Major restoration work to Market Harborough’s historic Symington Building will begin next month. The nine-month project costing £1.1m will see upgrades to external masonry, windows and the roof of the premises on Adam and Eve Street. The former corset factory, built in 1889, serves as Harborough District Council’s HQ and is also home to the […]

A watchdog has raised concerns about increasing violence at Gartree Prison and the crumbling fabric of the jail near Market Harborough. The Independent Monitoring Board report highlights the creaking infrastructure of the aging jail, which houses over 550 male prisoners. It states prisoner-on-prisoner assaults tripled during the reporting period to 75, while 55 members of […]

The government will not review a controversial decision to cut the number of affordable homes on a major development near Lutterworth. The multi-million pound Lutterworth East scheme adjacent to the M1 was approved in 2020 to create 2,750 homes, 40% of which were to be ‘affordable’. However, Harborough District Council approved plans last year to […]

A new ‘friendship park’ has been officially opened in Market Harborough town centre. Harborough District Council spent £45,000 transforming an overgrown area on Northampton Road, which had become a magnet for anti-social behaviour. Volunteers helped plant trees and thousands of bulbs at the new green space adjacent to the Market Hall, which includes benches. The […]

Market Harborough tip has re-opened after a huge swarm of bees forced its closure this morning. The Recycling and Household Waste Site on Riverside was shut as a precaution after staff spotted thousands of bees settled across an area close to parking bays. Leicestershire County Council alerted a bee keeper, but the swarm took off […]

New bus services will be launched in Market Harborough next week. Four new circular routes will operate in and around the town from Monday, as part of the ‘Harborough Connect’ network being introduced by Leicestershire County Council. The services will be operated by Centrebus and be known as HC 1, 2, 3 and 4 – […]

New rapid electric vehicle charging points are planned for Market Harborough. EV infrastructure firm InstaVolt Ltd has applied for planning permission to install two charging stations in the car park of Three Manors Retail Park, off Rockingham Road. Harborough District Council will consider the application.

A shoplifter who stole items worth over £240 from Boots in Market Harborough has been jailed for 18 weeks. Andre Hackshaw targeted the shop in St Mary’s Place earlier this month. The 45-year-old from Lincoln Street in Leicester pleaded guilty to the theft on May 13th and seven other theft charges, relating to shops in […]

A crashed car has been placed outside Kibworth Fire Station as part of a new hard-hitting road safety campaign. The staged road traffic collision outside the Fleckney Road base aims to promote safe driving habits, following several serious collisions on rural roads in the Harborough area, attended by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service. The display […]

A utility company has reiterated its pledge to put new pavement slabs down in Market Harborough after replacing them with tarmac last year. It is over seven months since the area on Church Square in the town centre was branded ‘unsightly’ following emergency repairs by National Grid. At the time the electricity infrastructure firm said […]