Author: HFM News

Over 1,200 people living in the Harborough District had a Covid-19 booster jab over the weekend. It is among the highest amount of vaccines to be administered over a two-day period since the roll-out began last December. Latest figures show more than 41,600 third doses have been given across Harborough, meaning nearly half of the […]

Four men were arrested after Police discovered a suspected illegal pig farm in the Harborough District. A number of pigs, which are believed to have been slaughtered illegally, were found at the farm in the village of Leire on Saturday morning. Other pigs had to be put down by a vet, while a number of […]

A driver was arrested for being more than twice the drink drive limit after Police stopped a car with no front tyre near Market Harborough. Officers were alerted to the Vauxhall Corsa because of the loud noise the rim was making on the road. The 24-year old woman was taken into custody after the car […]

A new roundabout has opened to traffic on the A6 near Market Harborough aimed at boosting road safety. There have been campaigns for several years to improve the junction with Kettering Road at Clack Hill, which was seen as an accident blackspot because of the number of crashes there. Last year over 500 people signed […]

Market Harborough Rotary Club has been handed £750 by the town’s Medical Centre as a thank you for its support during Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinics. 35 volunteers have dedicated over 700 hours in the past year to help manage car parking and patient queues at the Coventry Road surgery. The cash, which will help […]

Environmental campaigners have presented a petition to Harborough’s MP demanding the government does more to tackle climate change. Signed by over 500 people, it was handed over to Neil O’Brien during a gathering by the Old Grammar School today, where people held placards calling for more to be done to deal with the issue. The […]

Five people have been arrested across Harborough during the first week of the Police’s Christmas drink and drug drive campaign. Two drivers in Market Harborough failed roadside tests, one was under the influence of drink, the other drugs. Three others were arrested in other parts of the district – one for failing a roadside breath […]

A plaque dedicated to the memory of a World War One soldier – found is a school cupboard in Kibworth – has been reunited with his family after an appeal on Hfm. Gunner Frank Kirby, who lived in Leicester, was killed in action in France in 1917 aged 26. The plaque was found in a […]

There will be no train services from Market Harborough this weekend. It’s due to engineering works connected with the electrification of the tracks to Kettering. East Midlands Railway will operate a replacement bus service instead, taking passengers north to Leicester and south to Kettering, where they can then catch trains. More details HERE  

Leicestershire County Council is set to increase it’s share of council tax bills. The authority is proposing a 3% rise, meaning people living in a Band D property across Harborough paying an extra £42.30 a year. It’s warning increasing costs to look after vulnerable children and adults is stretching its finances to unrepresented levels as […]