Author: HFM News

A Market Harborough first-aider who dedicates much of his spare to time to helping others has launched a fundraising drive to buy a defibrillator. St John Ambulance volunteer Jack Hood-Deeks works in the town centre on Friday and Saturday evenings and also provides assistance to East Midlands Ambulance Service, by responding to life-threatening calls, like […]

A Market Harborough healthcare worker has been recognised by the University of Northampton for her outstanding work in mentoring students. Suzanne Lambert, a Community Occupational Therapist based at St Luke’s Treatment Centre, has been handed the Practice Educator of Year award, for going above and beyond during work placements. One unnamed student put Suzanne’s name […]

Fire crews have been dealing with a blaze involving a lorry carrying coal on the A47 near Tugby. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service received numerous calls about the fire on Uppingham Road, just after 11am. A spokesperson told Hfm: “One appliance was mobilised from Oakham station and another from Eastern station. On arrival, it was […]

The Coronavirus infection rate across Harborough has jumped to one of the highest in England, after a Covid outbreak at a school. The district is now ranked 13th in a list of 315 areas, after 45 new cases were recorded in a week, which has seen the infection rate in the District rise to 48 […]

Market Harborough-based Joules says post-lockdown store sales have beaten expectations, thanks to customers keen to get spending again. Online demand is also 50% up in the first 11 months of the fashion and homewares retailer’s financial year, compared to the same time in 2020. It now expects both sales and pre-tax profits to come in […]

An initiative encouraging people to show respect for shop staff has been launched across Harborough. The ShopKind campaign is uniting the retail sector to tackle abuse and violence against shopworkers – incidents of which have increased since the start of the pandemic. It also aims to encourage positive behaviours towards them. Retailers, Harborough Market, the […]

A woman has been fined £300 after rubbish cleared from her garage was dumped next to Saddington Reservoir. It was traced back to her after Harborough District Council launched an investigation and sifted through the mess for evidence as to where it came from. The homeowner, in her 50s, from Oadby, who has not been […]

The District Council is to bid for £54,000 of government cash to install ten charging points for electric vehicles in Market Harborough car parks. The authority’s Executive agreed to push ahead with the plan last night. If the bid is successful they will be installed in the Doddridge Road, St Mary’s Road West and Angel […]

A new government taskforce has been launched to investigate the rise in pet thefts. It will gather evidence and recommend additional measures to help tackle the issue, which has increased during the pandemic. A number of dogs have been stolen across the Hfm Region in recent months. Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has been pushing for […]