Author: HFM News

Over 127,000 people in the Harborough District have now had a Coronavirus vaccine. Latest figures show 70,046 – 88% of the adult population – have had one jab and 57,370 have had both doses – 72% of people aged 18 and over. Anyone aged 18+ who has not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 or is […]

The building of a new 150-home housing estate in Fleckney has moved closer. Davidsons Homes have now submitted a detailed planning application for a mix of one to five bedroom properties on the site, off Arnesby Road Outline planning permission for the development was granted in 2018, despite objections from Fleckney Parish Council, who said […]

Shops in Market Harborough are being encouraged to dress up their windows in a 1940s theme, to help celebrate the Harborough at War event next month. A judging team will give £50 to the chosen charities of the premises with the two best displays on show between July 31st and August 8th. To register to […]

A government planning inspector has given the go-ahead for 33 new homes to be built in Great Bowden. He has overruled Harborough District Council’s decision to refuse permission for the redevelopment of the Bowden Fencing site, off Leicester Lane. Developers Barwood Homes challenged the decision after the plan initially got the go-ahead at an on-line […]

NHS bosses say major improvements to adult mental health services will benefit people in the Harborough District. The £8m investment across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland over the next three years includes taking on more specialist staff and bringing services closer to where people live. Government cash will fund the improvements and people are being asked […]

Unemployment has fallen across Harborough for the third month running. Figures out today show 1,665 people are out of work and claiming benefits – a fall of 135 compared with June. The 855 men and 675 women make up 3.1% per cent of the working population. Compared with this time last year, 470 less people […]

Leicestershire’s Director of Public Health is urging caution ahead of Coronavirus restrictions being lifted on Monday. Cases across the Harborough District continue to rise – with 268 in the past week – an increase of 102 on the previous seven days. The infection rate of 230 per 100,000 people is below the national average and […]

Residents living near where a proposed new prison will be built on the outskirts of Market Harborough will get the chance to quiz bosses from the Ministry of Justice later. The first of two webinars is being held this evening, after plans for the jail, which would house 1,700 male prisoners were announced last month. […]

Plans to convert an historic office in Market Harborough town centre into eleven apartments could be given the go-ahead next week. The scheme for the Fisher German base at the top of the High Street also includes building ten mews style houses at the rear of the site. The chartered surveyors have used the grade-two […]

A man has appeared in Court and admitted stealing a car which later crashed in Market Harborough, causing over £10,000-worth of damage. The Vauxhall Corsa ended up wedged on top of another car, after it smashed through a wall and collided with vehicles in the car park next to the Cinnamon Lounge on Northampton Road, […]