Author: HFM News

An elderly driver was injured after a car veered off a road in Desborough and ended up on its side in the garden of a social club. The woman and her male passenger were both trapped in the vehicle and had to be released by firefighters. The incident happened just before 5.20pm yesterday on High […]

Work is getting underway to build 350 new homes on the edge of Market Harborough. Persimmon Homes will construct the houses on 36 acres of fields off Eady Drive, between Northampton Road and the Brampton Valley Way. The developer has just completed the purchase of the land, after getting the go-ahead for the new estate […]

Developers have been given the go-ahead to build new homes instead of shops in the centre of Fleckney, despite opposition from villagers. The retail units were part of an already approved plan for an area off the High Street, but last night’s meeting of Harborough District Council’s planning committee heard there was no legal requirement […]

Work has begun to demolish bungalows at an elderly person’s housing site in Market Harborough ahead of new homes being built. 13 bungalows are being flattened at Naseby Square on the southern estate, to make way for the building of 38 new ‘affordable’ homes. The £6m is being carried out housing association Platform, who say […]

Police were called after two men were seen fighting in Market Harborough town centre. An eyewitness has told HFM they saw the fracas on the High Street, near the Abbey Street junction yesterday morning, during which one man was punched. Leicestershire Police say a 999 call was received just after 11am from a driver who […]

Over 1,000 people have signed a petition urging Harborough District Council not to accept over-spill housing from Leicester. Councillors will vote next week on whether or not to agree to the move, which would see over 1500 additional homes going up locally over the next 13 years – on top of Harborough’s own housing target. […]

People in Market Harborough have expressed their sadness the town’s Wilko store is to close. The shop in St Mary’s Place will shut its doors for good on Sunday, with all 24 members of staff losing their jobs. It will be one of the first of 400 Wilko stores to close, after administrators were unable […]

The Jubilee Foodbank in Market Harborough has launched an urgent appeal for donations as it struggles to cope with increased demand. The charity has seen a massive increase in referrals for food parcels in recent weeks, from people in all age groups and all circumstances, which has depleted their food stores faster than usual. Emma […]

Market Harborough’s Wilko store will close on Sunday with all 24 members of staff to be made redundant. The shop in St Mary’s Place will be one of the first to shut its doors for good, after administrators were unable to find a buyer for the homeware retailer. Workers were told the news yesterday and […]

A driver has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a ditch on the A5199 near Welford this afternoon. The man aged in his 30s was trapped inside the vehicle and released by firefighters, following the collision just before 2pm. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service told HFM crews from Rothwell […]