Author: HFM News

Opposition is mounting against plans to postpone local elections in Leicestershire in May. The county council wants to delay them while talks continue on a potential shake-up of local government. However, in just three days over 700 people have signed an on-line petition demanding the poll takes place as normal. Cllr Phil Knowles, Leader of […]

A Kibworth woman whose husband died from a ‘rare reaction’ to a Covid vaccine is hoping for answers from the latest phase of the public inquiry into the pandemic. Neil Miller developed fatal blood clotting after having an AstraZeneca jab in March 2021 and died less than two months later, aged 50. His widow, Kam […]

The Holocaust Memorial Flag has been raised in Market Harborough town centre to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, it is flying above Harborough District Council’s Symington Building headquarters. Six million Jewish people were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. The council will also be turning event lights around the […]

WH Smith is exploring a possible sale of its high street shops. The stationery chain has around 500 stores across the UK including in Market Harborough and employs around 5,000 people. Any sale would not include the group’s travel stores – at airports and train stations – which are responsible for 85% of the group’s […]

Major opposition is mounting to revised plans to build 38 ‘affordable’ homes on the edge of the Farndon Fields estate in Market Harborough. Over 70 people living near the proposed site off Angell Drive have lodged objections with Harborough District Council, who will consider the plan. Concerns include traffic, increased flood risk, changes to a […]

A bid to get more youngsters to take up art has seen equipment worth over £6,000 donated to schools in and around Market Harborough. Wingates Art Gallery has presented supplies to nine schools, following a successful fundraising auction of original artwork on skateboard decks. Each school has been given equipment worth over £600 and Andrew […]

Leicestershire Police have recovered a car and three trailers as part of an investigation into thefts across Harborough. The Alfa Romeo and trailers, including a horse trailer, were found parked-up near Lutterworth. Police say they had recently been stolen from locations in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. Patrols have been stepped up in the […]

Police are appealing for information after a spate of number plate thefts in Desborough. Several vehicles have been targeted, including in Harrington Road, Rushton Road and Cannock Crescent. Thieves often attach stolen plates to other vehicles which are then used in crime. Officers are also encouraging anyone who spots people acting suspiciously near vehicles to […]

The RSPCA has launched an investigation after a dog was found dead in a canal near Great Bowden. The female terrier was discovered in the water off Leicester Lane yesterday. The animal welfare charity was alerted by volunteers from the Dogz Dinner Animal Foodbank in Market Harborough, who recovered the dog from the canal. The […]

Sainsbury’s is to close the pizza counter at its store in Market Harborough as part of plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs. The supermarket chain is also shutting down its remaining cafés, closing patisserie counters and dispensing with its hot food counters. It said the move was a bid to save money ahead of […]