Author: HFM News

Work has started today to remove dangerous concrete from a Market Harborough primary school. The four-month project will see a new roof installed above the hall and kitchen at St Joseph’s Catholic Academy on Coventry Road. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) – which is liable to collapse – was identified last September and both areas […]

Shoppers were evacuated from Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough after a fire alert. Fire crews were called to the supermarket on Springfield Street just before 1pm on Saturday, after smoke was seen coming out of an equipment room adjoining the store. Firefighters from Market Harborough and Rothwell were sent to the scene and staff evacuated customers […]

A young up and coming metal band will perform for a place in the final of a top competition tonight. Invicta, made-up of young musicians from the Harborough and Desborough area, are in the semi-final of ‘Metal To The Masses.’ The winner of the competition will get the take to the stage at the Bloodstock […]

A planned three-day strike by teachers at Rothwell Junior School has been called off to allow for talks with management. Members of the NASUWT union were due to walk-out from next Tuesday in an on-going dispute over allegations of bullying, intimidation and excessive workloads. It would have been the third strike this year and led […]

Harborough District Council has been given extra government cash ahead of the introduction of a food waste collection service. The authority had expressed concern at the initial funding allocation and has now been handed an additional £120,000, taking the total amount to just over £1m. The money will pay for new vehicles to collect food […]

A drink driver has been banned from the road for 12 months after crashing into a shed in Kibworth Beauchamp. Paul Griffith was arrested by police after officers were called to a dog-walking field off Fleckney Road on the evening of May 12th. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard a breath test revealed he had 55 microgrammes […]

A Kibworth teenager and his dance group have just missed out on a place in the final of Britain’s Got Talent, despite last night’s performance being described as ‘stunning’ and moving the judges to tears. 13-year-old Charlie Cufflin and the Phoenix Boys were placed in the top three, but lost out to Northamptonshire choir, ‘Northants […]

Special bird boxes have been installed in and around Market Harborough in a bid to boost the population of swifts. The birds have been in sharp decline across the UK, with numbers more than halving in recent years. Boxes have been placed at Robert Smyth Academy, Harborough Leisure Centre, The Village, Foxton Locks and on […]

Harborough District Council could spend £6.3m buying a new fleet of refuse lorries and other vehicles. The authority is proposing the move as part of an extension to its current waste contract, which is needed due to a delay in government confirming changes in legislation surrounding bin collections. The current fleet owned by contractor FCC […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was injured with a knife during an ‘altercation’ in Desborough. He sustained a cut to the back of his head following the incident in Gold Street yesterday morning. A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Police told HFM: “We were called to Gold Street, Desborough, yesterday (May 29) at about […]