Author: HFM News

A Market Harborough man who aims to run four marathons in one day has already raised over £1,700 in sponsorship. Ethan Marsh, who only took up running earlier this year, will trek 100 miles from Hunstanton back to Harborough in support of mental health charity Mind, a charity close to his heart. Ethan estimates the […]

A Market Harborough building and timber merchants is to close. Gibbs and Dandy will shut its dedicated base on Albany Road tomorrow and from next week be integrated into the town’s Jewson branch, owned by the same company. The majority of workers are relocating while others have been offered alternative roles elsewhere. There has been […]

There has been an angry reaction from campaigners after the government approved a new 1,700 inmate prison near Market Harborough. Secretary of State Michael Gove overruled a planning inspector who recommended the refusal of the plan for land near HMP Gartree, which was also thrown out by Harborough District Council. The only course of legal […]

A Market Harborough auction house will appear on TV’s Antiques Road Trip over the next two days. Part of the popular show was filmed at Gildings for a new series which features well-known experts touring antiques shops in a classic car, as they compete to make a profit on their finds for charity Children in […]

The government has given the go-ahead for a massive new prison to be built near Market Harborough. Secretary of State Michael Gove has granted planning permission today, overruling an planning inspector who recommended he refused the plan for the 1,700-inmate jail. The so-called ‘super prison’ will cost around £300m and is set to be built […]

Market Harborough Building Society is to move its head office operations to the outskirts of town. Over 100 staff will relocate from two sites in the town centre to the building formally occupied by Joules, at The Point Business Park off Rockingham Road. The 12,152 square foot office has been empty since 2019 when the […]

The opening of the first shops on a new housing estate in Market Harborough has moved a step closer. Harborough District Council has given final approval for the creation of a ‘local centre’ on the Airfield Farm estate. Planning permission was granted earlier this year and this week planning officers have given the final sign-off […]

Hundreds of people have had their say on controversial plans to close three tips in Leicestershire – including the one in Market Harborough. Less than two weeks after a public consultation began into the cost-saving proposals, the county council has received 1,528 responses. The Recycling and Household Waste Site on Riverside could close next October […]

Police have released a CCTV image after a staff member’s bicycle was stolen from the Welcome Truck Stop near Rothwell. It was taken from the back yard of the site off the A14 between 6.15am and 6.35am on October 27th. Officers want to speak to the man pictured inside the truck stop about the incident. […]

Police have recovered suspected stolen power tools and are hoping to return them to their rightful owners. They were found in a van in the Lutterworth area, which was believed to be involved in criminality. Pictures of some of the tools, including drills and cutters, have been released in a bid to find who they […]