Author: HFM News

The government has told councils in the HFM region they must publish data on how many potholes they have fixed or risk losing their share of cash for mending roads. From the middle of next month, Leicestershire County Council, North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council will start to receive their allocation of the £1.6bn […]

A battery that sparked or exploded is thought to have started a major fire at a waste depot near Market Harborough. Investigators from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say the most-probable cause of the blaze was a lithium-ion battery which had been discarded within recycling waste. The fire involving a large amount of recyclables broke […]

Morrisons is to close the café at its supermarket in Lutterworth. It is one of over 50 eateries being shut nationwide together with dozens of meat and fish counters and 17 convenience stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. The firm says most affected workers are expected to be moved into other roles, but that […]

Tributes have been paid to a ‘much loved’ man who died following a collision on the A14. Mark Bowerman, who was aged 65 and from Leicestershire, was struck by a lorry after getting out of his vehicle in a layby on the westbound carriageway near the Catthorpe Interchange on March 5th. Mr Bowerman’s family and […]

The Range will open a new superstore in Market Harborough in May. The homeware chain will move into the former Homebase store off Springfield Street, which closed its doors for final time on Saturday. Homebase staff will be taken on by The Range owner CDS Superstores, which bought a number of Homebase stores and the […]

Two suspected drug dealers were arrested after a driver crashed following a high-speed police pursuit through Market Harborough on Saturday. The occupants of the Range Rover fled on foot when it careered into a ditch near Marston Trussell, but were soon caught thanks to Police Dog Bryn from Northants Police who tracked them through fields. […]

Three rival plans for local government reorganisation in Leicestershire have been submitted to government. Leicestershire County Council wants to create one unitary authority for the whole of the county – replacing itself and the district and borough councils. The district and borough councils’ favoured model is for two unitary councils across Leicestershire and one serving […]

A fire in a hangar at Desborough Airfield could last for several more days. The blaze at the site near Stoke Albany began shortly before 8.30pm on Thursday and involved vehicles and thousands of tonnes of carpet. The intensity of the fire has seen the roof of the hangar collapse, bringing down the carpet waste […]

‘Emergency’ pothole repairs has been carried out on the A6 Rothwell/Desborough bypass. North Northamptonshire Council closed the route yesterday morning to allow the work to take place. Drivers had reported several potholes on the carriageway in recent weeks. A council spokesperson told HFM: “The A6 between the Braybrooke Road roundabout and the Fallow Road roundabout […]

Market Harborough Police Station was evacuated this afternoon after a suspected WW2 grenade was handed in. A cordon was put in place around the building on Fairfield Road just after 2.30pm and bomb disposal experts were called to the scene. The army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team safely removed the device and officers and staff […]