Author: HFM News

A review of subsidised bus services which was threatening the future of routes in and around Market Harborough has been ‘paused.’ The announcement comes after Leicestershire County Council received confirmation it will receive nearly £1.8m from the government to support the future of public transport. Services including the 30 and 33 in Market Harborough, number […]

Drivers are being warned part of Rockingham Road in Market Harborough will be closed to traffic later this evening and overnight. The road will be closed either side of the bridge outside the railway station from 10pm until 6am. The closure is to allow Network Rail to carry out work on the bridge – diversions […]

People across Harborough are being encouraged to join together to save money on their energy bills. The ‘Big Community Switch’ initiative will see suppliers bidding against each other to provide the lowest tariffs on a group basis. The more who register – the better the deal is likely to be. With energy costs set to […]

A new £6m development of 27 affordable homes has been officially opened in Market Harborough as the first residents move in. The scheme off Tymecrosse Gardens, on the Alvington Way estate, is a mix of one-bedroom bungalows and two, three and four-bedroom houses, which have been made available for social rent and shared ownership. With […]

A new ‘Family Hub’ is to be opened in Market Harborough. It will provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for parents and carers to access support and advice on everything from health and relationships to finance and housing. The hub will open in August at the Children and Wellbeing Centre on Coventry Road and will be one of […]

Over 70 shops and businesses in Market Harborough and the District Council are showing their support for Pride month which begins today. Retailers are displaying rainbow flags in their premises, while the Progress Pride Flag has been raised on top of the Symington Building. Lights outside there and on The Square will also illuminate multi-coloured […]

A plan to transform a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough into 79 new flats is being recommended for the go-ahead. The development at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road would see three apartment blocks built of four and five-storeys, to house the one and two-bedroom flats. The historic former flour mill […]

A great-grandmother has been celebrating her 100th birthday in Market Harborough. Florrie Brown is one of the first people in the country to receive a royal birthday card from newly-crowned King Charles, following his coronation. Florrie, who grew up in Wellingborough before moving to the Willows Nursing and Residential Home, marked the special occasion surrounded […]

Vandals have repeatedly targeted a re-vamped children’s play area in Market Harborough. Just two weeks after it was upgraded, a new play tunnel has been damaged, balancing beam broken and rubber mulch damaged at the site in Coales Gardens, on the Alvington Way estate. Harborough District Council is asking anyone with information about who was […]

A farm building in a Harborough village has been left badly damaged after a fire broke out late last night. Four fire crews were needed to tackle the blaze on Welford Road in Arnesby, after a 999 call was made just before 11pm. They building was ‘well alight’ when the first firefighters arrived at the […]