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Fifteen drivers were arrested on Harborough’s road during Leicestershire Police’s latest drink and drug drive campaign. Nine men and six women were found to be over the drink drive limit or under the influence of drugs when stopped by officers during August. Arrests were made in Market Harborough, Kibworth, Saddington, Foxton, Thurnby, Tugby, Bitteswell, Frolesworth […]
Joules owed Harborough District Council over £460,000 in business rates when it went into administration last year. The debt has now been written off, after the authority conceded there was no prospect of recovering it. The Market Harborough-based fashion retailer was nearly £114m in the red when it collapsed, before a partnership between Next and […]
A team of firefighters from Kibworth are celebrating conquering the tallest mountain in the UK wearing their full fire kit weighing 25kg. They scaled Ben Nevis on to raise money for the Fire Fighters Charity and The Well Community Hub in the village and completed the challenge on Saturday in seven-and-a-half-hours. The team set a […]
Harborough District Council’s Executive has voted to ‘reluctantly’ recommend the area takes on some of Leicester’s unmet housing need. But it says the council’s stance could change between now and when the full council considers the matter later this month, should it receive new guidance from government. An extra 123 houses a year would be […]
There was a bumper turnout at yesterday’s Market Harborough Summer Fayre in Welland Park. Organisers are thanking all who supported the free event, which included live music, a fun dog show and children’s activities. These people who went along told HFM it was a great day: HFM’s Chris Jones also presented his Sunday Bit In […]
Councillors meet tonight to discuss if new homes earmarked for Leicester should be built across the Harborough District. It would mean over 1,500 additional homes going up over the next 13 years – 123 annually – on top of the Harborough’s own housing target of 534 a year. All Councils in Leicestershire have been asked […]
The flaky remnants of a historic sign painted above a shop in Market Harborough has been restored to its former glory. Duncan Murray Wines in Adam and Eve Street has had the ghost sign – which reads Taylors – hand-painted by specialist contractors to bring it back to life. The sign was first put above […]
Market Harborough’s former Barclays Bank has been put up for rent. The branch shut at the end of July and now agents are marketing the three-storey building on the High Street, with a rental charge of £54,580 a year. Promotion documentation reads: “The property is located in a prime position on the High Street and […]
HFM has teamed up with a Market Harborough charity to launch a £15,000 support scheme to help struggling households. The Old Grammar School Grants – TOGS grants – will enable 200 people living in the town of Market Harborough, Little Bowden and Great Bowden to receive a £75 voucher to spend at supermarket Aldi. Applications […]
Final plans are being put in place ahead of the Market Harborough Summer Fayre which is taking place in Welland Park tomorrow. There will be loads going on for the whole family at the HFM-backed event between 10am and 4pm, including children’s entertainment with giant dinosaurs, live music and a fun dog show. Chris Jones […]
