Author: HFM News

The popular children’s play area in Market Harborough’s Welland Park will be closed all next week so repair work can take place. Decaying timbers surrounding the equipment need to be replaced, with large machinery to be brought in for the work. The area will be closed from Monday and will re-open on Saturday January 21st. […]

The NatWest bank in Market Harborough will close for the final time today. The decision to shut the branch on St Mary’s Road is being blamed on a reduction in in-person transactions, with customers instead using mobile and internet banking. The ATM will also be removed. NatWest say counter transactions have dropped by 64% in […]

Workers at East Midlands Ambulance Service are striking for a second time today. Paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff who are members of the GMB Union walked out for 24 hours at midnight, in an on-going dispute over pay. Around half of EMAS’s 4000-strong workforce was expected to join the action, with […]

Rising energy costs have been blamed for the closure of a popular pub in Kibworth. The leaseholder at the Coach and Horses says it was not sustainable to continue to trade, after bills more than doubled. A statement on the pub’s Facebook page reads: “We have tried everything to beat the rising energy costs, and […]

Security is to be stepped up at allotments in Market Harborough following repeated vandal attacks. Plans have been announced to install high fencing around the sites on Northampton Road and Stevens Street, meaning they would only be accessible to plot-holders. Sheds and greenhouses have been broken into in recent weeks and items stored inside damaged. […]

Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough is celebrating after OFSTED inspectors rated the school as ‘good.’ They visited in November and have now published their report, which includes praising teaching, behaviour of pupils and the help support offered to them. Inspectors concluded: “Pupils are happy to attend this school, where they are encouraged to be […]

Staff at East Midlands Ambulance Service will strike tomorrow after talks with the Health Secretary failed to resolve a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB Union will walk-out for 24 hours from midnight, joining more than 10,000 workers nationwide in taking action. EMAS say around half of its workforce are likely to strike, meaning […]

A pedestrian has suffered serious injuries after being struck by a car in Market Harborough. The woman aged in her 30s was taken to hospital by air ambulance, following the collision on Farndon Road, near the junction with Western Avenue, just after 2.45pm yesterday. Leicestershire Police say enquiries to establish the full circumstances of the […]

Emergency services are dealing with a road traffic collision on Farndon Road in Market Harborough. Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and an Air Ambulance were called to the scene near Western Avenue at 2.45pm. No further details about the incident have yet been released. Farndon Road is closed in both directions between Welland Park Road […]

A road near Great Glen is to close for over six months so a bridge over the railway can be demolished and replaced. Station Road will be shut from this Friday, so Network Rail can begin work to prepare for the removal of the structure and then build a higher one. It will be closed […]