Author: HFM News

The Noisily festival – due to take place in the Harborough District next month – has been cancelled for a second year. The dance music event was planned for woodlands at Noseley Hall, near Goadby, between the 8th and 12th of July. Organisers blame the decision on the delay in easing Covid-19 restrictions. A statement […]

Police say no-one was seriously injured after a two-car crash near Thurnby. Emergency services were called to Stoughton Road just before 5pm yesterday. Officers say the occupants of the vehicles suffered minor injuries. The road was closed for two hours while the incident was dealt with.

The go-ahead has been given for 350 new homes on the edge of Market Harborough. They will go up on 36 acres of fields off Northampton Road, stretching towards the Brampton Valley Way, east of the Blackberry Grange estate. The District council’s Planning Committee approved the scheme by Persimmon Homes at a meeting last night […]

A woman was taken to hospital after a three-car crash near Newton Harcourt this afternoon. Police and fire crews were called to Newton Lane at 12.50pm. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “One woman was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary with minor injuries. “The road was closed while officers and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service […]

A public meeting tomorrow to discuss problems with antisocial behaviour at Little Bowden Recreation ground will now be held on-line. Police and the District Council, who have jointly organised it, say it’s because of the large numbers wanting to attend. Covid-19 restrictions mean any in-person gathering is limited to 30 people. The decision has also […]

Free trees are being offered to schools and communities across the Hfm Region to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year. The Woodland Trust has opened up applications for the second phase of the project, after over 7,000 were sent to 73 organisations in Leicestershire and over 5,000 to 68 groups in Northants, when it […]

A man was arrested after a Police dog found him hiding in a garden in Market Harborough last night. Officers responded to reports he had assaulted a woman and was acting aggressively at a house on Highfield Street at 10.15pm. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “When officers attended, the man had left the scene. […]

Pupils in two year groups at Kibworth Mead Academy have been told not to go into school this week, after some youngsters and staff tested positive for Coronavirus. Those in Years 8 and 9 will be learning remotely until Friday and Year 11 students, who were in school last Thursday and Friday, have also been […]

A plea is being made to parents across Harborough not to put dirty nappies in their recycling. Up to 4,000 are being found every day among the cardboard, glass and plastic, being sorted from recycling bins around Leicestershire. It means whole batches having to be sent to landfill sites because they are contaminated, which in […]

Thieves have stolen plants from floral displays in Market Harborough town centre. Over 20 were taken from planters on The Square sometime over the weekend, leaving the town’s in-bloom team volunteers shocked and disappointed. They have spent the past few weeks preparing the displays to make the town centre look good, after nurturing the plants […]