Author: HFM News

Arsonists started a fire in a derelict house in Desborough on Saturday evening. Fire crews were called to deal with the blaze on the former Lawrence’s Factory site, on Harborough Road, at 7.45pm. Firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to the structure of the building, after rubbish was set alight on the […]

Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused after a corrosive substance was sprayed on around 30 vehicles in Market Harborough. The vandal attack happened in Caxton Street late on Saturday or early yesterday, leaving the bodywork of cars and vans badly damaged. The fire service attended to assess the hazardous substance and Police […]

A power cut is affecting part of southern Market Harborough. 457 properties were initially affected, including on the Southern Estate and Farndon Fields Estate. Western Power Distribution say the majority had electricity restored by 10am, although 29 still have no power. A spokesperson told Hfm and underground cable fault caused the outage and they hope […]

A new Air Ambulance shop has opened in Market Harborough today. The Air Ambulance Service has moved into bigger premises within St Mary’s Place, re-locating from close to the Market Hall, to a unit nearer to St Mary’s Road. The charity, which operates life-saving helicopters in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, has lost £2.1m during the pandemic, […]

Police are stepping up efforts to disrupt ‘County Lines’ drug dealing in Market Harborough. Officers from the Leicestershire force are teaming up with British Transport Police to target those using trains to get drugs into the town, and protect those being exploited to transport them. ‘County Lines’ is where illegal drugs are transported from larger […]

Businesses across Harborough are being warned about bogus letters telling them they need to buy air purifiers to comply with Covid-19 rules. They appear official, headed with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (BEIS) logo. The BEIS says the letter is a ‘scam’ and the claim is ‘not true’. The government department and […]

People are being encouraged to continue using the rapid Coronavirus test centre in Market Harborough. The facility, for people with no symptoms, uses lateral flow tests to quickly give results. A number of people infected, who didn’t know it, have been identified since it opened earlier this year. Although cases of Coronavirus remain low across […]

The Lubenham Scarecrow Festival has been cancelled for a second year, because of uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. Organisers have been unable to ensure they could secure permission for the two-day event in September, or the insurance they need. Usually thousands of visitors attend the popular festival, which has been held in the village for the […]

A Government Planning Inspector has held hearing today into plans for a new 33-home housing estate in Great Bowden. Developers are challenging the decision by Harborough District Council, to refuse permission for the redevelopment of the Bowden Fencing site off Leicester Lane. Representatives from Barwood Homes, the Council and Great Bowden’s Neighbourhood Plan team gave […]