Author: HFM News

The start of Armed Forces Week has been marked in Market Harborough today. A ceremony took place in Church Square, as the Armed Forces Day flag was raised on top of the Symington Building. Armed Forces Week celebrates the work of the forces past and present, leading up to Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Representatives […]

Severn Trent Water has been criticised for not carrying out any work on the A6 in Kibworth over the weekend, despite setting up temporary traffic lights which caused traffic chaos. The company has apologised after a lane was closed at the Church Road/Marsh Drive junctions, which resulted in lengthy queues. Councillors in the village called […]

National Grid has apologised after a power cut in Market Harborough town centre last night. 70 properties in the High Street and Coventry Road area were affected by the blackout just after 7.30pm. Supplies were restored around 9.15pm. A ‘low-voltage’ network fault caused the outage.

Vikings take over East Carlton Countryside Park this weekend as a free living history event for the whole family takes place. ‘Gathering Of The Kings’ will include over 80 people taking part in Viking and Saxon re-enactment battles, living history encampments, a Viking long ship and over 40 traders. The event, on tomorrow and Sunday […]

There has been a good response to an appeal for photographic and video footage following Sunday’s freak storm in Market Harborough which led to serious flooding in some areas. Evidence is being gathered by the Harborough Town Hub, which is working with authorities to identify problem areas and seek solutions. 27 millimetres of rain and […]

Streetlights in the Harborough District could be dimmed in the evening and overnight. The county council is proposing the move across Leicestershire to save more than half-a-million pounds over the next four years and reduce carbon emissions. Some streetlights are already dimmed overnight, while others switch off completely, and because of advances in LED lighting […]

A man has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined nearly £2,500 after fraudulently claiming over £10,000-worth of council tax benefit from Harborough District Council. Ranjit Gill received discounts he was not entitled to over a six-year-period. The 66-year-old of Scraptoft Lane, Leicester was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates’ Court after previously pleading guilty […]

Shops in Market Harborough caught selling illegal vaping products will not face prosecution. They have instead been issued formal warnings by Leicestershire Trading Standards, after items were seized during a test purchasing operation last month. Vapes and e-liquids were confiscated for breaching regulations, including how much nicotine they can contain and the packaging they come […]

Police were called to reports of two men fighting in a Market Harborough street last night. Officers responded to Stuart Road just after 10.30pm, but when they arrived no-one was in the area. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “We received a call at 10.37pm last night (Wednesday 14 June) to a report of […]

Firefighters from across Harborough are helping to tackle a major blaze in South Wigston. Ten crews are at the scene of the fire on Saffron Road, which involves an industrial and commercial building. Thick plumes of black smoke rising from the area can be seen from miles away, including in Kibworth. Roads near-by have been […]