Author: HFM News

Youngsters aged 12 to 15 across Harborough who are classed as clinically extremely vulnerable are being urged to get a covid jab. Special vaccination clinics for eligible children have been organised by Leicestershire’s NHS at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Loughborough Hospital. Appointments can now be booked by parents or guardians online or by telephone. Caroline […]

Investigations are continuing after thieves blew up an ATM in Lutterworth and stole cash in the early hours of yesterday. Officers have now recovered a piece of potential evidence in near-by Greenacres Drive, after an area was cordoned off yesterday afternoon, before it was examined and taken away by Police. It has not been disclosed […]

The owner of the popular café at Foxton Locks is celebrating getting permission to continue to run the venue. Top Lock Coffee Shop was threatened with closure earlier this year, but following a review by the Canal and River Trust, Gary Hives has been handed a two-year extension to his lease. Over 2,000 people signed […]

Calls to increase fines for flytipping are being backed by the leader of Harborough District Council. Those caught or linked to offences currently face a maximum penalty of £400, but that’s reduced to £300 if paid quickly. Numerous fines have been issued this year, as part the authority’s ‘Tip Off’ anti-flytipping campaign, and councils nationwide […]

Thieves have stolen cash after blowing up a cash machine outside a shop in Lutterworth. The free-standing ATM was attacked at the Co-op on Linden Drive at around 2.45am today, with debris left scattered across the car park. Near-by residents reported being awoken by an explosion. An investigation led by Leicestershire Police’s Complex Investigation Team […]

Two men have appeared in court and denied carrying out a ram raid at a Market Harborough jewellers. Necklaces and watches were stolen from County Jewellers after a motorbike was used to smash through the front door of the High Street shop in the early hours of September 1st last year. John Smith, 42, of […]

A Kibworth man is one of the first people in the country to have a Covid booster jab. Kevin Feltham had the top-up Oxford/Astrazenica vaccine as part of a trial involving 2,500 people, ahead of the plan to roll them out to the wider population. Last year he was one of the first people in […]

Six friends have raised over £1,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support after completing a 72-hole golfing challenge at Kibworth Golf Club. Macauley Sharpe, Liam King, Jake Houlichan, Harry Wootton-Cook and Joseph Davies took part in the charity’s ‘Longest Day Golf Challenge.’ They teed off in the dark at 5am using LED balls and played for 16 […]

A rapid rise in Coronavirus cases among young people has seen the infection rate across Harborough climb to the 25th highest in England. The number aged 17 to 21 testing positive is more than double the national average and cases in the 11 to 16 age group are also nearly twice the England figure. It […]

Fire crews have released a driver from the cab of a tipper lorry after it overturned near Lutterworth this morning. Emergency services were called to the Aeroplane Roundabout, the A426/A4303 junction, just after 8am. The vehicle also shed its load of gravel and the roundabout remains partially blocked. It is understood the driver was not […]