Author: HFM News

Specialist equipment is being drafted in after a large spillage of offal on the A14 between Kelmarsh and Welford. Highways England are trying to clean the westbound carriageway after a poultry lorry shed its load this morning. The road is closed between Junction 2 and Junction 1, with congestion and queuing traffic on roads in and […]

A church building in Market Harborough town centre is set to be converted in four apartments. Harborough District Council has given the go-ahead for the work at the The Old Fire Station Annex off Fairfield Road, located between Abbey Street and the Angel Street car park. The plan, which includes four car parking spaces, doesn’t […]

Market Harborough’s Macmillan Cancer Support group is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and wants people to get involved to boost its vital work. With a big fundraising event to mark the milestone not possible due to the pandemic, volunteers want people to hold small events with a ‘50’ theme. Suggestions include a small coffee […]

The total cost of damage to vehicles damaged in a Market Harborough street at the weekend is likely to be in excess of £50,000, according to residents. Around 30 cars and vans parked in Caxton Street had a corrosive substance sprayed on them late on Saturday or early on Sunday, leaving bodywork badly damaged. Police […]

Police are continuing a campaign to urge motorists to slow down and pass horse riders and cyclists safely. The latest ‘Close Pass’ operation was held near Hallaton, following concerns expressed by the community, with other rural locations set to be visited across Harborough over the coming weeks. The campaign, being supported by volunteer Special Constables, […]

A week ahead of local elections, people are being reassured polling station will be safe to visit, despite the pandemic. Pubs, churches and libraries across Harborough will be among venues used next Thursday for residents to cast their votes, with measures similar to those seen in shops and supermarkets to be put in place. There […]

The Royal British Legion in Market Harborough has its first ever female president. Barbara Johnson has taken over the role from John Morley, who will soon be moving away, after being involved in the veterans group for over ten years. Barbara, a District Council told Hfm how if feel to be taking on the roll: […]

A dumper truck stolen from a building site in Market Harborough was found by Police an hour later in Nottinghamshire, squeezed into the back of a van. The Ford Transit and the trailer it was towing were also stolen from Fairfield Road on Sunday evening. It was intercepted on the A1, in a joint operation […]

Police are questioning a man after a robbery in Desborough yesterday afternoon. The 21-year-old was arrested after a search involving the Police helicopter, following the incident on Braybrooke Road just before 4.30pm. Northamptonshire Police say officers responded to reports a man had been robbed of work tools, including a machete, and car keys. He was […]

A teenager has been jailed for his involvement in a series of egg-throwing incidents in Market Harborough and Wigston, which left a motorcyclist blind in one eye. Thomas Connors was driving a car whose passengers threw eggs at people and other vehicles on the evening of January the 10th last year. One struck Marc Toone […]