Author: HFM News

Santa is touring town in the run-up to Christmas with his team of helpers from the 3rd Market Harborough Scouts. He will be out on his sleigh from approx 5.30pm on weekdays and 4.30pm on weekends to visit dozens of streets and see as many children as possible. The Santa Sleigh fundraiser has been running […]

There is football fever as Harborough Town prepare to make history by playing in the second round of the FA Cup tomorrow. The Bees are the joint-lowest ranked team left in the competition and will play away at League One side Reading. Over  3,000 fans will be making the trip to Berkshire to cheer on […]

An Open Day will be held at Harborough Leisure Centre tomorrow to celebrate the completion of a multi-million pound upgrade. The work funded by Harborough District Council has included creating a new gym with state-of-the-art equipment, an extended and refurbished wellbeing studio and refurbished group cycling and group exercise studios. The pool area has been […]

Work to build a new Aldi store in Market Harborough is progressing at pace. Buildings have been demolished on the former Glenmere Timber site on Rockingham Road, to make-way for the development costing £5m. Construction of the new store is set to take around ten months and once open the store will replace the retailer’s […]

Harborough District Council has apologised after the live stream of a key meeting was broadcast with no sound. Human error was blamed for the technical glitch, which prevented members of the public and media from following proceedings of Monday’s Cabinet Meeting. Funding for new temporary accommodation for the homeless and the results of a review […]

Harborough police officers couldn’t believe their eyes when they found a motorbike displaying a large picture of Taylor Swift as the registration plate. PC Reece Breslin and PCSO Dom Judge spotted it parked up near the Pug and Greyhound pub in Great Glen. The owner had gone to some trouble to show off their love […]

A community meeting will take place in Little Bowden tonight after Sunday’s serious flooding. Over 20 properties were affected when the River Jordan burst its banks and sent water gushing into surrounding streets. Homes, the Cherry Tree pub and the Scout Hut were among those flooded and firefighters had to evacuate and rescue some residents […]

Several people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the A427 between Market Harborough and Corby this morning. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the stretch of road between Stoke Albany and Brampton Ash at 7.50am. Six vehicles including a motorbike were involved in the collision. Northamptonshire Police say none of the […]

There’s the chance to support Market Harborough’s High Street at a new late night Christmas shopping event tonight. Over 50 shops in the town centre will be staying open until 8 or 9pm, with traders at Harborough Market and The Village also joining in. The event comes ahead of next Friday’s Christmas Fayre and has […]