Author: HFM News

A mechanical defect is being blamed for starting a fire which destroyed a car near Great Bowden last night. Firefighters from Market Harborough were called to deal with the blaze on Dingley Road just after 7pm. No-one was injured and the road was closed while the fire was extinguished and the vehicle removed.

A large tree is blocking the B576 in Desborough after falling in the strong winds. It came down on Harborough Road, close to the Gladstone Street junction,  at around 7am today. The road is impassible in both directions and drivers are urged to find alternative routes. A tree is also partially blocking the A4304 between […]

Market Harborough will not be considered for a ‘banking hub’ until the town is left with no banks. There have been calls for the facility following the closure of three branches in the past 18 months and the forthcoming closure of Lloyds in December. Banking hubs allow customers of different banks which have closed to […]

Train services from Market Harborough have resumed after they were suspended when a person was hit by a train. Emergency services were called after reports of a casualty on the tracks near Leicester this morning. East Midlands Railway reported a person had been hit by a train. A spokesperson for British Transport Police told HFM: […]

The top GCSE grades have increased at secondary schools in Market Harborough. Students collected their results today at Robert Smyth Academy and Welland Park Academy. These teenagers at Welland Park told HFM how they had done: Students collecting results today had just started their secondary school journey when coronavirus struck and grading standards have returned […]

A Market Harborough woman has raised nearly £1,000 for charity after jumping out of a plane at 13,000 feet. Sally Anderson wanted to do something ‘outside of her comfort zone’ ahead of her 50th birthday and not liking roller-coasters made her decide to do a tandem skydive. Sally decided she wanted to support the Motor […]

A pet skunk which was on the loose in Market Harborough has finally been caught. There had been numerous sightings of Dominika on the Ashley Way estate since she escaped from her owner’s home in Braybrooke last week, but the animal had proved hard to catch. She was eventually found sleeping in a shed on […]

The clock on St Dionysius Church in Market Harborough town centre is ticking and chiming again after a £15,000 repair project. It had been stopped and silent for over a year, with specialists called-in to repair the ancient mechanism. Funding from Harborough District Council, through the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and the Market Harborough […]

Drivers are being warned they may be unable to pay by card when parking in Market Harborough. An intermittent mobile network problem is affecting pay and display machines in Harborough District Council’s car parks. The council says the problem is beyond its control and signs have been placed on machines to make drivers aware of […]

The first round of Harborough District Council’s new £1m community grant scheme is open for applications. Town and parish councils and community groups can apply for a share of the funding for capital projects. Applications can be made until October the 20th with the first awards set to be made the following month. Cllr Phil […]