Author: HFM News

Three complete sets of Beatles autographs have sold at auction in Market Harborough for £6,400. One set, written on the back of a Police charge sheet fetched £3,400 – nearly four times the estimate. The signatures were collected by the Market Harborough-based seller’s father, who was a police chief constable’s driver and took the band […]

People in Market Harborough who wanted to get more active are celebrating completing a  ‘Couch to 5k’ training programme. It was launched by Harborough Athletics Club and ran for ten-weeks, ending with the participants successfully completing a 5k run at the town’s Parkrun in Welland Park. These people were among those to compete the challenge: […]

A man left with a brain injury after being seriously assaulted in Market Harborough town centre is unlikely to be able to work again. The 37-year-old was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured skull and jaw, when he punched in the face during a fight on the High Street. His attacker, Joe Connors, was sentenced […]

A Market Harborough man has been jailed for 16 months after seriously injuring another man during a fight in the town centre. Joe Connors left his victim with a fractured skull and jaw, after punching him during the incident on the High Street in the early hours of May 1st last year. The man, aged […]

Basketball players at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough are celebrating being crowned county champions. The Year 11 boys’ team picked up the title after winning the final of the competition held at the Morningside Arena – the home of the Leicester Riders. PE Teacher Courtney Gray says it’s a great achievement: Welland Park’s Year […]

There will be no direct trains to London from Market Harborough this weekend. Engineering works means all services will start and terminate at Bedford, with replacement bus services taking passengers to Hitchin, where they connect with trains into the capital. East Midlands Railway is warning journey times tomorrow and on Sunday will be extended and […]

Over 90 homes in and around Market Harborough will be made more energy efficient after a housing association was awarded government funding of over £12m. It will enable Platform Housing Group to carry out a range of improvements, including installing new windows and doors, external and internal insulation, solar panels and air source heat pumps. […]

There was lots of smoke but luckily no fire at a Market Harborough jewellers last night. Concerned passers-by dialled 999 when they saw it billowing out of Steffans on The Square at 6pm. Fire crews attended and confirmed the smoke was caused by a false activation of the shop’s ‘smoke cloak’ security system, designed to […]

People are being urged not to fall victim to a scam when paying to park in Market Harborough. Fraudsters have set up fake websites, posing as on-line payment provider ‘Pay By Phone’ and have duped some drivers into entering bank details. A council spokesperson said: “We are aware that fraudulent companies have been masquerading as […]

Garden waste collections will no longer be free for people living in and around Desborough from next week. North Northamptonshire Council is introducing an annual charge of £40 for residents who want to continue to receive the service. The council says over 7,500 residents in the Kettering area have so far signed up to the […]