Author: HFM News

Desborough Library and Community Hub is celebrating its 5th Birthday. A dedicated team of volunteers run the venue after stepping forward to buy the building when it was threatened with closure under council cost-cutting. Hundreds of people use the library each week including numerous groups and a host of community activities are held there. Gil […]

Leicestershire’s Chief Constable retires today after a 32-year policing career that began in Market Harborough. Rob Nixon started as a rookie bobby in the town in 1993 before rising up through the ranks. He says policing has been one of the most rewarding careers he have could ever have imagined and leading the force since […]

Three men from Market Harborough arrested after a crash in Lutterworth have been released on police bail. All were taken into custody after the collision on Rugby Road on Wednesday evening, which happened while the driver of a VW Golf was being pursued by police. The car collided with other vehicles, leaving a 40-year-old man […]

Residents are demanding action to remove a mass of rubbish fly-tipped near their homes in Market Harborough. Household and trade waste has been strewn across land adjacent to the Wellington Place estate over the past few weeks. There is also a burnt-out moped and motorbike amongst the mess. People living in new homes close-by say […]

Market Harborough’s WH Smith store is set to be re-banded as ‘TGJones’ after the retailer sold all its UK High Street shops. The books and stationery chain has been bought by Modella Capital in a deal thought to be worth £76m, meaning its name will disappear from the High Street after over 230 years. The […]

A clean-up has taken place after toilet paper, wet wipes and sanitary products were washed up on the banks of the River Welland in Market Harborough. It happened when a storm drain discharged raw sewage into the water off Rockingham Road on Saturday. Wildlife enthusiast Don West first noticed what had happened and was one […]

Harborough Band’s Musical Director is hosting a fundraising concert ahead of running the London Marathon to support a charity very close to his heart. Ben Smith is raising money for Children with Cancer UK, after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukaemia aged seven and endured three years of intense treatment. The 25-year-old, […]

An investigation has begun in a bid to find out what caused a major fire at Desborough Airfield. A hangar containing a large amount of stored carpet and vehicles was involved in the blaze, which broke out last Thursday evening. The fire has burned for days causing a smoke plume and efforts to completely extinguish […]

Market Harborough loses another bank today as Lloyds closes its doors for the final time. The branch is the fourth to shut in the town centre in two years, as more people bank on-line instead of visiting in-person. These customers told HFM they are not happy to be losing their bank: Lloyds says 81% of […]

A man was injured after the driver of a car crashed into other vehicles while being pursued by police in Lutterworth last night. He was taken to hospital following the collision near the Lidl supermarket on Rugby Road and three men were arrested. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “Just after 8.15pm yesterday (Wednesday […]