Author: HFM News

A new date has been announced for Arts Fresco in Market Harborough. The free street arts festival will take place in the town centre on Sunday October 9th, after organisers took the decision to postpone the original date earlier this month, following the Queen’s death. Arts Fresco is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and […]

The plan to erect a 15 metre-high mobile phone mast next to a children’s play area in Market Harborough has been rejected. Operator Three wanted to put up the structure up adjacent to the park on Roman Way, to improve 5G coverage in the area. But Harborough District Council planners say the mast would be […]

A Market Harborough primary school will celebrate its 50th birthday with a big party tomorrow. Ridgeway Primary Academy opened in 1972 and a 1970s-themed fete will mark the milestone, complete with a trip down memory lane as old school photos, work and anecdotal stories will be on display. The school, which was first known as […]

What is being done locally to tackle climate change and encourage sustainable living is being celebrated from tomorrow. Harborough Big Green Week will launch at the Eco Village on St Mary’s Road and feature over 50 events across nine days. Sarah van der Walt is a volunteer with Sustainable Harborough Community who have helped organise […]

Police are appealing for information to locate a man who has connections to the Rothwell area. Elliot Burnham, 28, is wanted in connection with an assault of an emergency worker during an incident in Nunnery Avenue, Rothwell in February 2022, during which a police officer was bitten and spat at. Anyone with information on his […]

Drivers are being warned Main Street in Great Bowden will be shut on the next two Saturday nights. The closure will be in force between 11pm and 7am on September 24th and October 1st, to allow Network Rail to clear vegetation from beside the railway. The work, in preparation for the electrification of the tracks, […]

Vouchers are being sent to hundreds of pensioners across Harborough to help them with the continuing cost of living crisis. The one-off £100 payment is the latest part of Leicestershire County Council’s package of support designed to support people in the face of soaring energy bills, rising food prices and other day-to-day costs. The vouchers […]

A man has appeared in court and denied the illegal butchery of pigs at a farm in the Harborough District. Robert Emerson pleaded not guilty to a number of animal welfare offences at Leicester Magistrates’ Court. The 73-year-old, of Orchard Road, Broughton Astley, is being prosecuted by Leicestershire Trading Standards, after Police discovered a number of […]

A lack of access to dentists in Market Harborough has reached crisis point according to campaigners. It is believed thousands of people in the town are struggling to get NHS treatment, as one practice will stop providing it for adults next month. Brookside Dental announced earlier this year it was forced to take the decision […]

Market Harborough’s In Bloom team is being praised after winning first prize in the East Midlands In Bloom competition. Volunteers picked up a gold award as the town was crowned overall winner of the large town category yesterday. The team was also handed the Horticultural Excellence Within Parks award, for their work with Harborough District […]