Author: HFM News

The arrival of Santa at Harborough Market has helped boost trade during the festive season. It is the first year a grotto has been set-up at the indoor market and hundreds of children have been visiting. Proceeds from the £5 charge to see Santa are supporting two Leicestershire charities and every youngster gets a gift. […]

A legal issue surrounding a mobile phone mast could hold-up any potential plan to create a new community garden in Market Harborough town centre. Harborough District Council has pledged to look further into the idea, after a petition signed by over 300 people was presented, but stressed the issue has so-far held up any re-development […]

A closing down sale is underway at Market Harborough’s M&Co shop. The fashion retailer went into administration last week, threatening the future of 170 stores nationwide. Posters have gone up saying the High Street store is closing down, although administrators are still seeking a buyer for the business. Administrators Teneo say M&Co had experienced a […]

Police are appealing for information after a Land Rover Defender was stolen from the north of the Harborough District. The vehicle was taken from an outbuilding on Uppingham Road in Skeffington sometime between Monday evening and yesterday morning. Leicestershire Police say enquiries into the incident are continuing and anyone who has information or has seen […]

The Leader of Harborough District Council has expressed his disappointment a collaboration with Melton Borough Council will not go-ahead. Cllr Phil King has also said cuts to services cannot be ruled out, after councillors in Harborough narrowly voted against the Strategic Partnership scheme. The move would have seen the authority’s top jobs, including the Chief […]

Staff at East Midlands Ambulance Service have walked out on strike. The 24-hour action by paramedics, technicians and call handlers is over pay. Around half of workers employed by EMAS are taking part, all members of the GMB Union. Life-threatening 999 calls will still be responded to, although patients who have non life-threatening conditions will […]

A burglar who targeted houses in Market Harborough and Little Bowden has been jailed for seven and a half years. Christopher Bray stole items including laptops, watches and games consoles from houses in Victoria Avenue and Scotland Road in October. The 44-year-old also committed offences elsewhere in Leicestershire, including aggravated burglary, fraud and assaulting an […]

Two friends from Market Harborough are to walk the length of Britain to raise money for charity. Lewis Savage and Frankie Aldridge will embark on the journey of over 1,000 miles at the end of January and hope to complete it by May. The pair will camp out as much as possible along the route […]

The Fire Brigades Union says there is ‘strong support’ among its members across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire in taking strike action. Firefighters and control room staff are being balloted on walking out, after rejecting a 5% pay offer. Adam Taylor, regional secretary for the FBU in the East Midlands spoke to HFM: If a national strike […]

Harborough councillors have rejected a plan for the District Council to share a Chief Executive and other senior staff with Melton Borough Council. The collaboration was turned down by a single vote at a meeting of the full council last night, with 16 councillors voting against it and 15 in favour. The proposal was set […]