Author: HFM News

Men from Desborough and Rothwell have pleaded not guilty to murdering a man in Kettering. Keiton Underwood, 20, and Connor White, 25, were among five people to appear at Northampton Crown Court today. All are accused of the murder of 34-year old Ryan Burton, who died in hospital six days after being seriously assaulted in […]

Book lovers can enjoy a new free event in Market Harborough tomorrow. The Book Extravaganza is taking place at the Three Swans Hotel between 10.30am and 4pm and will include a host of stalls and workshops to celebrate local authors, publishers and illustrators. Children are invited to put on their costumes as an extension to […]

Market Harborough has been named one of the best places to live in the country for the third year running. The town is one of just 7 in the midlands and 72 nationwide to feature in the Sunday Times Best Places To Live Guide. Judges who visited said: “Set in a pretty countryside known as […]

Firefighters have been tackling a major blaze in a large former hangar at Desborough Airfield. Six fire engines, an aerial appliance and two water bowsers were called to the scene near Stoke Albany shortly before 8.30pm yesterday. Vehicles and carpets were in the hangar and a huge smoke plume led to a request for nearby […]

A campaign has been launched to stop a much-loved and highly-respected teacher being made redundant from a Harborough village school. Parents say pupils at St Andrew’s C of E Primary School in North Kilworth has thrived under the leadership of Head of School Claire Rodi, which has seen the school recognised as one of the […]

A new publicly-accessible open space and country park is to be created near Market Harborough. Harborough District Council has spent just under £1.8m purchasing over 130 acres of land for the ambitious re-wilding project. The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust will lead the scheme either side of the A6 bypass near Great Bowden. It will restore […]

The Conservatives have won the by-election in Harborough District Council’s Glen Ward. Peter Scott has been elected as the new councillor for the area with a majority of nearly 700 votes. The result means the Conservatives have held the ward, after the poll yesterday was triggered by the resignation of long-standing Conservative councillor James Hallam […]

Hundreds of homes and businesses in villages near Market Harborough and in Rothwell have no water or low pressure because of a major outage. Anglian Water says a problem with a pump has caused the issue and it hopes to have supplies restored by 8pm. Villages including East Farndon, Great Oxendon, Maidwell, Kelmarsh, Clipston and […]

Leicestershire County Council has raised concerns about Harborough’s draft local plan. The authority says the plan – which maps out preferred sites for housing and other developments for the next 16 years – does not do enough to mitigate against the impact over 6,000 new homes in the district will have on roads and transport, […]

An appeal has been launched to find a pet cat that ran off when its owner’s car was involved in crash near Great Glen yesterday. The cat named Tiggs escaped after his carrier door broke open in the collision near the Archers roundabout on the A6. The cat was en-route to the vets at the […]