Author: HFM News

People no longer needing crutches loaned from Market Harborough’s Minor Injuries Unit are being urged to take them back. Staff need to bolster supplies for other patients and are asking for sets to be returned to the unit within the St Luke’s Treatment Centre, with no questions asked. Previous appeals led to a number of […]

Market Harborough’s In Bloom volunteers have begun the mammoth task of preparing floral displays for winter. Around 2,000 bulbs and 2,500 plants will be put into planters in the town centre over the next couple of weeks, to replace the summer displays. Christine Gladdle is part of the team and spoke to HFM while working […]

Emergency services descended on a housing estate in Desborough after reports of a medical emergency inside a house. Police were called to Burdock Way on the Grange estate just after 3.30pm yesterday and the fire service, East Midlands Ambulance Service and an air ambulance crew also attended the scene. A man was later taken to […]

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth is caring for over 100 orphaned hedgehogs. The mild weather is recent weeks is thought to be behind the influx, with around five baby hedgehogs a day arriving after being found by people on roads, pavements and gardens during the day. Some have also been dropped off at the hospital […]

There has been an angry reaction at plans to close Market Harborough’s tip. Leicestershire County Council is proposing to shut the Recycling and Household Waste Site on Riverside as part of cost-cutting. Residents from the town would have to use Kibworth tip if the closure went ahead and concerns have been raised about highway safety […]

Drivers are being warned to expect delays for three weeks when traffic lights on a busy road in Market Harborough are replaced. The work is due to begin on Springfield Street on Monday, at the junction with the Sainsbury’s car park. Temporary traffic lights will be put in place while the main signals are changed […]

Police are appealing for information after vandals struck in Market Harborough town centre. A number of plants and planters on The Square were damaged and glass was left strewn across the area, after bottles were smashed. It happened at around 11.30pm on Monday and officers say one suspect has already been identified. Cllr Phil Knowles, […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked by a masked gang in Desborough when he was deliberately knocked over. The rider of an electric bike intentionally drove into the victim as he was walking along Station Road with a woman. He was then punched and kicked as he lay on the floor by […]

A veterinary practice has had plans to build a new surgery on the outskirts of Market Harborough refused for a third time. Concerns over highway safety have led Harborough District Council to refuse the revised application by Rutland Veterinary Practice. It wanted to create a new base on land off the B6047 Melton Road, close […]

The Market Harborough Christmas Fayre is in with a chance of being named Best Day Out in Leicestershire. It is one of 24 places and events to make the final of the new category in the county’s Tourism and Hospitality Awards, following public nominations. The Christmas Fayre, which will return for a tenth time on […]