Author: HFM News

A strategy which suggests re-introducing food waste collections has been approved by Harborough District Council. It sets out how all Leicestershire councils will deal with waste and reduce the amount going to landfill between now and 2050. A previous food waste collection service in Harborough district was scrapped in 2012 due to low usage and […]

Harborough District Council is set to freeze council tax charges. A 2.99% increase (just over £5 a year for a Band D property) had been planned this year, but is deemed no longer necessary as the authority will receive more income than  anticipated from other sources. Residents will still see bills increase overall, as charges […]

Market Harborough’s M&Co store will close in a few weeks’ time. Although administrators have secured the sale of the clothing and homeware retailer’s brand, the deal doesn’t include its 170 stores across the UK or any staff, meaning nearly 2,000 jobs will be lost. The shop on the High Street is likely to shut by […]

Market Harborough Building Society is spending £2m buying six brand new homes for people in need of housing. It is thought to be the first affordable housing scheme of its kind in the country, with the society handing the homes over to housing association Platform. The first three homes are in Lutterworth and have been […]

Market Harborough’s Eco Village is celebrating its third birthday. The shopping outlet and eatery on St Mary’s Road continues to be a beacon of sustainability in the town, providing eco-friendly products and locally-sourced food and drink. Operated as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, Beth Awdry and Beth Lambert set up the Eco Village – soon […]

A car was deliberately set on fire outside a house in the north of the Harborough district early this morning. Firefighters were called to Sheperds Reach in Scraptoft just before 2.30am and were able to stop the blaze spreading to the property. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say the car, which was parked in a […]

Fire crews were called to deal with a blaze a former shoe factory in Desborough last night. A quantity of wood chippings were on fire in the grounds of the site on Gold Street. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire after being called at 9pm. Crews from Desborough and Rothwell attended the incident. A spokesperson for […]

Defects have been found under the road surface of a bridge on the A6 near Desborough. Northants Highways say although structurally sound, the waterproofing has failed on the bridge deck, meaning potholes are forming. Work is being planned to deal with the problem on the structure over the railway line, between the B576 and Braybrooke […]

Staff at East Midlands Ambulance Service and nurses at Kettering General Hospital have joined the biggest strike in the health service’s history. They have joined picket lines, along with colleagues up and down the country, as an on-going row with the government over pay and conditions continues. EMAS is warning response times to patients will […]

TV’s Robbie Cumming has been in Market Harborough filming for his popular series ‘Canal Boat Diaries’. Together with his famous narrowboat ‘Naughty Lass,’ he stopped off at Union Wharf as part of his extensive tour of Britain’s waterways. Robbie, also a musician, told HFM there is a reason why he wanted to visit:   The […]