Author: HFM News
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Streetlighting has been upgraded outside Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough. The supermarket giant has acted after safety concerns were raised by customers that areas of the car park were dark, as a number of the previous ageing lights had stopped working. New LED lighting has been installed across the car park off Springfield Street. The retailer […]
Police say a lorry driver was not seriously injured after their vehicle overturned on the A47 early this morning. The crash happened on near Skeffington just before 2am and no other vehicles were involved. The incident led to the closure of the road between the B6047 Billesdon crossroads and Tugby for several hours, to allow […]
A Market Harborough shop owner gave chase to a thief who stole her day’s takings. The man posed as a customer at Hanworth, before grabbing around £500 in cash and running out of the shop on Adam and Eve Street. Owner Rose Jarvis chased him along an alleyway beside her shop, across St Mary’s Road […]
A burglar smashed their way into a bakery store in Market Harborough during the early hours of today. The intruder got into Butterwick on Church Street after breaking glass in the front door. A small amount of cash was stolen from the till and the burglar also opened a charity tin, but it was empty. […]
Voting is underway in local elections across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The elections are an opportunity for you to select councillors who make key decisions on everything from roads and transport to social care and education. Schools, community centres and churches are among the venues acting as polling stations and you are being reminded to take […]
Harborough Town’s dream of back-to-back promotions is over. It was heartbreak for the Bees who lost 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out, after last night’s Southern League Premier Central semi-final play-off away at Kettering Town finished 0-0 after extra time. Despite the disappointment Mitch Austin’s side can reflect on great season overall – finishing 5th in […]
Harborough Town are potentially just two games away from a third promotion under boss Mitch Austin as they look for a big finish to an amazing season. The Bees make the short journey to face Kettering Town tonight in a play-off semi-final derby, after finishing fifth in Southern League Premier Central. The winners of this […]
Over 1,300 people are opposing the plan to build a new town near Great Glen. All have added their names to a mass objection being collated by campaign group ‘Stop The New Town’ (STNT) Harborough District Council’s Draft Local Plan proposes 4,000 homes for the site at Stretton Hall, with land bordering the area earmarked […]
It’s the final day of campaigning for candidates standing in local elections across the HFM region. Residents will go to the polls tomorrow to elect councillors to represent them on Leicestershire County Council, North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council. Town and parish council elections are also taking place in Northamptonshire. Polling stations will be […]
A fraudster caught red-handed placing money trapping devices on ATM machines in Market Harborough has been jailed for nearly two years. Bogdan Gasparov was arrested after plain-clothed police officers deployed to the town centre on February 15th, having received information cash points outside Lloyds and Santander banks were being tampered with. They discovered the devices […]
