Author: HFM News

The former Police base in Desborough has been put up for sale for £250,000. Officers stopped using the premises on Federation Avenue earlier this year, after they were deemed ‘surplus to requirements.’ The Northamptonshire force said the building was only used as a ‘drop-in site’ and has no operational officers assigned to it. Agents marketing […]

Leicestershire Police is one of the first forces in the country to give some officers hand-held defibrillators. Neighbourhood officers and members of the Rural Policing and motorbike teams are taking part in a trial of the life-saving devices. It is being described as a ‘game changer’ for Policing, with officers able to make use of […]

Market Harborough’s Jude Jones secured sixth place in the BMX Freestyle final at the World Cycling Championships. It was another great performance by the 22-year-old British Champion, who was up against 23 other top riders from across the globe in the final yesterday. Jude, who told HFM he is ‘over the moon’ with the result, […]

A new Family Hub has opened in Market Harborough today to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for parents and carers to access support and advice. The facility at the Children and Wellbeing Centre on Coventry Road will support families with children aged under-19, plus parents and carers of young people with special educational needs or disabilities, aged […]

A Market Harborough honey producer has won a prestigious award likened to the ‘Oscars’ of the food world. Market Harborough Honey Co has been handed a one-star accolade in the Great Taste awards,  with judges describing the honey as ‘thick and velvety and melting in the mouth like butter’. The business has around 100 beehives […]

A baby hedgehog is being cared for in Kibworth after surviving being repeatedly kicked by a group of children. Luckily a young girl intervened during the incident in a park in Blaby, picking up the hoglet and taking it home, before her parents contacted the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital for help. Amy Ducker, animal team leader […]

An explosion sound heard in Market Harborough yesterday was caused by a fault at an electricity substation. Concerned residents called 999 after hearing the loud bang and seeing electrical flashes and smoke coming from area in The Furlongs, just off Rockingham Road. The vibrations also set off car alarms in the area of the Ashley […]

Market Harborough’s Jude Jones has reached the BMX Freestyle final at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. The 22-year-old put in superb performances in qualifying over the weekend to book his place in the final, which is being screened live on TV this afternoon. Jude, who is pushing for a place in the Team […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a six-year-old boy died in a crash near Lutterworth. The youngster was a passenger in a car which was involved in a head-on collision with a van on the A426 Rugby Road in Cotesbach, just before 1pm yesterday. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver […]

Leicestershire Police have launched a summer drink drug drive campaign. It comes on the back of national figures which show the number of people killed in crashes involving drivers under the influence are at a 12-year high. An average of 100 drivers a month are arrested on the county’s roads. New Department for Transport data […]