Author: HFM News

Fleckney Dental Practice says it will be able to take-on 2000 new patients by expanding its premises. The surgery, which offers NHS and private treatment, has applied for planning permission to extend its base on School Street, so it can increase the number of treatment rooms to five. There is currently a shortage of dentists […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council is to meet business owners over concerns raised about the event at Market Harborough Showground. A number of hospitality venues closed over the weekend, citing concerns about anti-social behaviour and the last-minute nature in which they were informed about the religious festival, which has attracted over 2000 people. The […]

Opposition is mounting against the plan to close the ticket office at Market Harborough Railway Station as consultation is extended over the summer. The office is one of over 1,000 nationwide earmarked for closure and a public consultation was due to end today, but has now been extended until September 1st. The controversial proposal is […]

The opposition group at Harborough District Council say they were ‘silenced’ when not allowed to talk about the event at Market Harborough Showground at this week’s Full Council meeting. The Conservatives had questions to ask of the ruling coalition administration, amid criticism the community was not given enough notice about the religious festival, which has attracted […]

Harborough District Council is calling for an end to on-going rail strikes. Councillors backed a motion last night urging all sides to work to resolve the dispute as quickly as possible. On-going strikes by members of the ASLEF and RMT unions over pay and conditions have led to disruption for rail passengers, with further action […]

A Market Harborough school is appealing for donations of dresses, suits and shoes for annual end-of-year prom events. Welland Park Academy is hoping to build-up a bank of suitable clothing for students whose families may struggle to afford such items. Nicki Burgess, the school’s HR Manager and Chair of the Prom committee, came up with […]

A ban is to be introduced on live animals being used as prizes at events held on council land across Harborough. Councillors unanimously backed the move at a meeting last night, in support of an RSPCA campaign demanding an end to the outdated practice, over welfare concerns. It means fairgrounds and other events held on […]

Police are investigating after an elderly man was struck by a van in the car park of a Market Harborough retirement complex yesterday. Emergency services were called to Tebbutt Lodge on Clarence Street just before 5pm. Officers say the pedestrian, aged in his 80s, was taken to hospital with injuries that are not believed to […]

Police have found the body of a woman who went missing in Rothwell last week. Officers say the discovery was made in the town’s Manor Park on Sunday afternoon and there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. An appeal was launched on Friday for information about the 41-year-old’s whereabouts, after […]

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze in a village near Lutterworth. An outbuilding was well alight when they arrived at the scene on Main Street in Ullesthorpe, after being called just before 12.45pm today. The fire, which spread to a second building and led to gas cyclinders being removed and cooled, is thought to have […]