Author: HFM News

Luxury brand Jo Malone is to open a store in Market Harborough later this month. Best known for its fragrances, scented candles and diffusers, the company is creating a number of jobs by moving into a vacant shop on the High Street, formally occupied by Strutt and Parker estate agents. A spokesperson told HFM: “We […]

Work is underway to create a new ‘friendship park’ in a previously overgrown area in Market Harborough town centre which was a magnet for anti-social behaviour. Harborough District Council is spending £30,000 on the project adjacent to the Market Hall car park on Northampton Road, which aims to get people talking. Landscaping work is being […]

Plans to build 40 new ‘affordable’ homes on the edge of the Farndon Fields estate in Market Harborough are set to be refused. Over 50 residents have objected to the proposal for the development on land off Angell Drive and councillors are being urged to reject it when they meet next week. Developer Owl Homes […]

It has been confirmed tarmac which has replaced paving slabs in Market Harborough town centre is only temporary. Residents and Harborough District Council branded the patching ‘unsightly’ and questioned why the pavement on Church Square had not been restored properly following emergency electricity works. National Grid says the work is a temporary measure following repairs […]

Harborough councillors have condemned the government’s decision to scrap winter fuel payments for most pensioners. A motion put forward by the opposition Conservative group was voted through at a meeting last night, over concerns some elderly people will struggle to afford to heat their homes through winter. The council also agreed to support a campaign […]

Questions are being asked about ‘unsightly’ pavement repairs in Market Harborough town centre. Tarmac has been used to replace paving slabs on a stretch of the pavement on Church Square, which lies within a conservation area. It is believed a utility company carried out the work close to the junction with High Street and it […]

A Market Harborough teenager in ‘unbearable’ pain asked her mother if she would die before she passed away from sepsis, an inquest has heard. Chloe Longster, 13, was taken to Kettering General Hospital on November 28th 2022 after she woke up with pain in her ribs and cold-like symptoms. She was admitted that evening to […]

The Manager of Harborough Market has been named Small Market Manager of the Year. Gail Bates was handed the top honour by the National Association of British Market Authorities, which praised her work in creating a thriving and community-centred marketplace and leading a significant revamp of the Market Hall. Gail, Market and Events Manager at […]

Market Harborough’s newest school has been officially opened this afternoon. The ribbon was cut at Wellington Place Primary School on the Airfield Farm housing estate, where 16 pupils have started in the reception class. It is the first new school in the town for over 20 years and today also doubled-up as an Open Day […]

The closure of Lloyds Bank in Market Harborough has been put back following a review of access to cash in the town. The branch was due to shut at the start of December, but will now stay open until the end of March next year, by which time a new Banking Hub is set to […]