Author: HFM News

A new ‘Family Hub’ will open in Market Harborough next week to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for parents and carers to access support and advice. The facility will be set-up at the Children and Wellbeing Centre on Coventry Road and will support families with children aged under 19, as well as parents and carers of  young […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars smashed their way into the Sainsbury’s store in Desborough and stole cigarettes. Substantial damage was caused to the front window and shutter of the supermarket, when the intruders broke in just after 1am on Friday. Once inside the store in Cockerel Rise off Harborough Road, the burglars forced […]

Drivers are being warned to expect delays on the A6 through Kibworth this weekend. Four-way temporary traffic lights will be in place at the Church Road/Marsh Drive junctions, from 8am tomorrow until 5pm on Sunday, while Severn Trent Water carry out work. The work was initially scheduled for last month and the firm was criticised for […]

Organisers of a major event at Market Harborough showground have said it went very well and those attending were welcomed into the town. The religious festival, which attracted over 2,000 member of the Gipsy and Traveller community, began on Saturday and ended last night. Several pubs and businesses in and around the town closed last […]

Market Harborough loses another bank today as Barclays shuts its doors for the final time. The closure is being blamed on more people using on-line banking services, with just 22 customers regularly using the High Street branch as the only way to do their banking. It the third bank closure in the town this year […]

A ceremony has taken place in Market Harborough to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Wreaths were placed on the War Memorial on The Square during the event yesterday, which was led by the Royal British Legion. The war between 1950 and 1953 claimed the lives of over 1000 British […]

Young music talent will be showcased at a free festival in Market Harborough next month. Somewhere Fest will take place in the grounds of The Cube at Symington’s Recreation Ground on Saturday August 26th. Around 10 acts, all signed to the town’s community record label Somewhere Records, will take to the stage across the day. […]

People living in several Harborough villages are being urged to sign-up for free vouchers to help pave the way for ultrafast broadband connections. Residents in Foxton, the Langtons, Glooston and Cranoe are being invited to take part in the initiative, which is part of a government-backed scheme to help rural communities. If enough people get […]

Organisers of  Operation Market Harborough are reassuring people it is still going ahead after rumours circulated on social media it had been cancelled. The two day spectacular, formally known as Harborough at War, is taking place over the weekend of August the 5th and 6th at the town’s Showground. A spokesman for the organisers said: […]

No-one was injured after two vehicles crashed on the A508 near Maidwell this morning. Police were called to Harborough Road just before 9.30am, after the car and pick-up truck ended up in a ditch, one on its side. An eye-witness told HFM one of the vehicles was towing the other at the time.