Author: HFM News

Volunteers at Harborough Community Bus are celebrating the opening of their new base and the arrival of a new minibus. The charity’s garage in the grounds of Rosewood Manor Care Home on Coventry Road has been extended and refurbished thanks to grants totalling £19,000. The group provides accessible transport to anyone who needs it because […]

Extra measures are to be taken to secure a former factory site in Desborough dubbed a ‘death trap’ by Police. It follows a multi-agency meeting between Police, the Fire Service, council officials and owner of the former Dunkelman and Son site off Gold Street, amid fears people are risking their lives by entering derelict and […]

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has welcomed news that pet theft will be a criminal offence in England. Under new laws, people who steel dogs and cats could be handed five years behind bars. Previously, pets were classed as property, which ministers say didn’t take into account the severe emotional distress suffered by owners. A number […]

Harborough’s Pheonix Saxophone Orchestra have been shortlisted for a top award – the equivalent of an Oscar for live classical music. It’s after they collaborated on-line with a sax orchestra in Scotland earlier this year to record an arrangement of the rousing march ‘Entry Of the Gladiators.’ They’ve jointly beaten off competition from projects across […]

A flag has been raised on top of the Symington Building in Market Harborough to mark Merchant Navy Day. The Red Ensign flag, or ‘Red Duster’ as is it is affectionately known, has been the recognised flag of the British Merchant Navy since 1854. The annual event recognises the sacrifices made by seafarers during World […]

Groups, schools and charities across Harborough are being invited to apply for a share of £43,000 to improve community spaces or support young people with mental health difficulties. The District Council’s Community Grant Fund is made up of funding from the Harborough Lotto, and the Government’s New Homes Bonus – paid to areas with new […]

Eight drivers are facing fines for not wearing seatbelts after a Police road safety operation in Market Harborough today. Officers also seized a car being driven by someone with no insurance and a provisional driving licence, stopped a driver for having dogs unrestrained in their vehicle and another over concerns about tinted windows. The four-hour […]

A 71-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a woman in Market Harborough has been released with no further action. He was questioned and released on bail last November, following the death of 70-year-old Elaine Geoghegan, who was found in the back garden of her home in Shelland Close, in August […]

A man has appeared in court accused of carrying out a cyber-attack on computer systems at a Market Harborough school. Adam Georgeson, 28, is charged with two counts of Computer Misuse, following an incident at Welland Park Academy in January. He did not enter a plea during his brief appearance before Magistrates in Loughborough, who […]

A Kibworth man has marked his 700th donation of blood platelets in style. Alan White dressed up as James Bond and reversed the milestone figure to read ‘007’ during his latest visit to Birmingham Blood Centre. Platelets are cells within the blood that are crucial for patients with blood cancers, such as leukaemia, and a […]