Author: HFM News

Pupils at a Market Harborough primary school are celebrating being able to use their hall for the first time in a year. The area at St Joseph’s Catholic Academy and the adjoining kitchen had to be closed last September, after dangerous concrete was discovered in the roof. Pupils had to eat lunch in classrooms and […]

Kibworth tip is closed until further notice over safety concerns after an HGV caused damage at the site. A structural assessment now needs to be carried out at the Recycling and Household Waste site off the A6. As a result of the closure, Leicestershire County Council has announced Market Harborough tip will be open everyday […]

A warning is being issued after fraudsters put fake QR codes on pay and display machines in Lutterworth. If scanned it takes you to a fake ‘Pay By Phone’ website and requests payment details. Harborough District Council was alerted earlier today by a driver who was caught out by the scam. It says it does […]

A warning has been issued after candles started a fire at a house in Broughton Astley. Two fire crews tackled the blaze in the kitchen of the property in Harvest Way after being called at 6pm yesterday. No-one was injured. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say candles left unattended started the fire. A spokesperson told […]

Demolition work is to begin ahead of the construction of a new Aldi supermarket in Market Harborough. Buildings will be flattened on the former Glenmere Timber site on Rockingham Road to make-way for the £5m store, which will be built over the next ten months. When the new larger store opens next autumn it will […]

A Banking Hub is set to open in Market Harborough town centre in January. It is initially likely to operate from a temporary location, while a search continues for a permanent base for the service, which will allow customers of different banks to receive face-to-face service. The decision to open a hub follows the closure […]

Harborough Town are being congratulated as the football club’s historic run in the FA Cup continues. The Bees’ prize for beating Tonbridge Angels 4-1 on Saturday is a second-round tie away at League One side Reading. Civic leaders have been quick to praise the team who were in the first round of the competition for […]

Quick-thinking motorists helped avert a potential serious crash when a ‘confused’ elderly driver went the wrong way down the A14 for over six miles. The vehicle was eventually stopped by Police near Rothwell after the man aged in his 90s travelled west along the eastbound carriageway on Saturday evening. Numerous drivers called 999 and did […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has been appointed Shadow Education Minister by the new Conservative leader. He has been named in Kemi Badenoch’s top team after she was declared winner of the Tory leadership contest on Saturday. Mr O’Brien, who spent time as a Health Minister when the Conservatives were in power, will take up his […]