Author: HFM News

A swimmer from Desborough has made his debut at the Paralympic Games. Bruce Dee just missed out on a medal when he came 4th in the final of the 200-metre individual medley, after qualifying in second place earlier today. The 17-year-old, who has dwarfism, is taking part in his first Paralympics and will also compete […]

The government has named an area in the Harborough District as a potential location for a new town. Up to 4,000 new homes would be built on government-owned land at Stretton Hall near Great Glen, if the plan went ahead. The location has been identified as part of plans to speed-up the delivery of new […]

A major clean of the War Memorial in Market Harborough town centre will take place next month. Scaffolding will be erected around the structure on The Square to allow for the work by Harborough District Council to take place. Once complete the main inscription on the memorial will be renewed, as it has become virtually […]

A ward at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough is to close for three months so major repairs and alterations can be carried out. A new roof will be fitted as part of the work at the Leicester Road site, which will begin on Monday and cost £575,000. New fire doors will also be installed […]

Eligible parents and carers across Harborough have until Saturday to apply for free childcare during the autumn term. For the first time children as young as nine months old will qualify under new government rules. You usually get either ‘15 or 30 hours’ per term-time week (a total of 570 or 1,140 hours per year) […]

Major restoration work is about to start on Market Harborough’s St Dionysius Church as a fundraising appeal is launched to help pay for it. Stonework on the exterior of the historic church needs to be restored at a cost of over £80,000 and scaffolding is in place ahead of the repairs getting underway. Some of […]

Owners of zombie-style knives and machetes are being urged to hand them in at Market Harborough Police Station before they become illegal. Leicestershire Police is supporting a month-long national amnesty before the new law comes into force on September 24th , in a move which aims to reduce the accessibility of some of the deadliest types […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien is demanding tenants at Roman Way Community Centre in Market Harborough are given extensions to their leases. They have been told to leave by the end of October and charity Shopmobility faces an uncertain future, as it has so far been unable to find any alternative premises. Leicestershire County Council is […]

The newly refurbished and extended gym has opened today at Harborough Leisure Centre. The area had been closed for the past three months to allow for the upgrade. The next phase of the improvement work at the centre is now underway, with the main entrance and reception area closed. A temporary entrance via the sports […]

Odeon has announced its cinema in Kettering is to close. The eight-screen out-of-town venue, which is popular with people from the Market Harborough area, will shut in January. The closure will leave Kettering without a cinema. Odeon has not revealed the reason for the closure, although it is understood it is linked to a proposed […]