Author: HFM News

Leicestershire Police say no-one was seriously injured after a crash on the A6 between Market Harborough and Kibworth this afternoon. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the scene of the two-vehicle collision at the West Langton Road junction at 3.18pm. The crash partially blocked the carriageway, which led to lengthy tailbacks for […]

Harborough Town Football Club will welcome 100 Spanish fans to their home game tomorrow. The Bees have been building a strong following in Spain since partnering with leading Spanish media channel La Media Inglesa earlier this year. The channel live-streams Harborough’s games, not only in Spain but in other Spanish-speaking Countries such as Mexico, Argentina […]

Burglars tried to steal money from St Dionysius Church in Market Harborough early this morning. They attempted to smash open the collections safe, but were unsuccessful and fled empty handed. Leicestershire Police were alerted at 2.45am after the intruders forced open a door to get into the historic town centre building and officers were quickly […]

A ten-year-old from Market Harborough is raising awareness of cancer and fundraising to keep his Dad’s memory alive. Brody Dixon wants to use his experience of losing a parent to help other children. He was four-years-old when his Dad James died from cancer in 2018, aged 45. Brody is planning a series of fundraisers, including […]

Police forces in the HFM region will receive just under £5m to bolster community policing. The allocations have been confirmed after the government confirmed plans to get more bobbies on the beat. Leicestershire Police has been awarded just under £3m to fund 35 additional police officers and 21 community support officers. The Northamptonshire force will […]

An inquest has opened into the deaths of three people who died in a house fire in Rushton last month. Four-year-old Mayci Fox and her 30-year-old mum Emma Conn from Desborough and 23-year-old Louie Thorn from Rushton tragically died in the blaze at the former station house on March 28th. Senior coroner Anne Pember opened […]

A campaign group fighting plans for a ‘new town’ near Great Glen is hosting a public meeting tonight. Around 300 people have said they will be attending, as concerns mount about the proposal for land at Stretton Hall. 6,000 new homes could be built across fields stretching towards Oadby, with 4,000 earmarked in the Harborough […]

Market Harborough Building Society is launching a ground-breaking initiative to support young people. The society is donating £250,000 to its Community Fund, which will help fund partnerships with charities and community groups through the new ‘Thrive Forward’ programme. It aims to support young people in the areas of mental health, financial capability and resilience, careers […]

A woman was arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a house in Market Harborough. Firefighters were called to the blaze in the kitchen of the property in Eady Drive, on the Blackberry Grange estate, on Tuesday afternoon. No-one was injured. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: […]

Market Harborough’s former Working Men’s Club is up for sale for £700,000. The premises on Northampton Road in the town centre, affectionately known as the ‘Bottom Club’ when it was a social club, is being marketed as office accommodation or ‘a potential residential conversion opportunity’. The club closed in 2010 and the two-storey building was […]