Author: HFM News

A water leak has closed a road on Market Harborough’s Southern Estate. Severn Trent Water has been carrying out repairs on Stuart Road, at the junction with Fairfax Road. The leak has not impacted on supplies and a Severn Trent spokesperson told HFM: “While the repair is complete, we just need to reinstate the road […]

Police have launched a new appeal for information twelve years on from the murder of a popular Market Harborough doorman. David ‘Les’ Ross worked at the former Enigma nightclub and was beaten to death at a hotel in Corby on December 17th 2012. The 39-year-old lived in Corby but had links to Market Harborough and […]

Animal neglect across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire are on the rise. The RSPCA received nearly 1,300 reports across both counties between January and September – a rise of 22% on the same period the year before. 780 reports were received in Leicestershire – a 16% increase, while the rise in Northamptonshire was 6%, with 470 reports […]

Santa and his team of helpers is thanking people for their support as he continues his big tour of Market Harborough. Hundreds of pounds have been donated as he makes his way around dozens of streets in the run-up to Christmas. The Santa Sleigh supports the 3rd Market Harborough Scouts and the Air Ambulance Charity. […]

An elderly man has been cleared of sexually assaulting a young woman on a bus in Market Harborough. David Bellamy was accused of touching the 17-year-old inappropriately as the Stagecoach service was travelling along Northampton Road on May 10th. The 80-year-old, of Brambleside, Kettering, was found not guilty by a jury following a trial at […]

People are being warned to be vigilant after thieves preyed on shoppers in Market Harborough on Saturday. A disabled man has his bag containing a wallet and phone stolen while in the Lidl supermarket between 11am and 12pm, while a woman had her purse stolen at around 11am while inside a shop in St Mary’s […]

A charity has had its bid to buy the Roman Way Community Centre in Market Harborough rejected. The Market Harborough and The Bowdens Charity wanted to take-on the facility so it could become a base for over 50 groups and community organisations. The charity has expressed its disappointment at the decision by Leicestershire County Council, […]

A teaching union says a council should consider ‘taking control’ of some schools in North Northamptonshire as an academy trust is to close. Loatlands Primary and Havelock infants and junior schools in Desborough, Naseby CofE Primary School, Rothwell Infant and Junior school, Rushton and Wilbarston CofE primaries and Hawthorn Primary in Kettering are part of […]

Tennis-court sized areas of woodland known as ‘Tiny Forests’ are set to be created in two parts of the Harborough District. Areas on The Headlands in Market Harborough and Devitt Way in Broughton Astley have been selected for the project, which will see hundreds of fast-growing trees put in the ground. The mini forests are based on […]

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art training facility in a Harborough village. The £7.6m facility would be set-up in Billesdon and help firefighters train for incidents like house fires, multi-story building rescues and motorway incidents. Earmarked for the the former county council depot site on Gaulby Road, it […]