Author: HFM News
Page: 652
Tributes are being paid to a popular former Market Harborough Priest, who has died aged 80. Father Owen O’Neill was Priest at Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church for 19 years, before his retirement last September. He dedicated over 50 years of his life to the Ministry and was well-known in the town. Father […]
Leicestershire County Council has opened an on-line book of condolence for people to pay tribute to the Duke Of Edinburgh. People wanting to leave messages can do so via the authority’s website HERE Harborough District Council has politely asked that any floral tributes should be laid in residents’ gardens or windows, and not in public […]
Vandals have damaged play equipment in Market Harborough’s Welland Park. Parts of a climbing frame in the children’s playground area were ripped off sometime on Saturday evening or early on Sunday. A spokesman for Harborough District Council told Hfm: “This is mindless and wilful destruction to play equipment at a time when people are being […]
A teenager was attacked by men armed with knives and baseball bats in Desborough last night. It happened in Station Road at around 9.15pm. Police say the boy, aged 17, suffered cuts to his hands, caused by a knife, and a cut to his head and bruising to his body, after being hit with the […]
For over 20 years, Techline Roofing and Driveways have been improving homes across Market Harborough. Right now, you could win your very own Techline driveway worth up to £5000, including block paving and free installation! It couldn’t be easier to enter the free prize draw – just visit the Techline Facebook page HERE – like […]
We’re being urged to show our support to Market Harborough’s High Street as non-essential shops and businesses re-opened today. Their doors have been shut for over three months and a campaign is underway to encourage people to ‘shop local.’ Jarrod Burke owns Randalls Candy, which has re-located to new, bigger premises off Adam and Eve […]
A big fundraiser organised by Market Harborough firm Welcomm Communications has raised over £12,000 for Leicestershire’s Loros Hospice. The on-line Bonkers Bake Off was held a couple of weeks ago and a charity auction alongside it has now ended. Welcomm teamed up with freight firm Trucklink EU to organise the fundraiser, which smashed the original […]
Over 50,000 people have had a Coronavirus vaccine across Harborough. The milestone means over 60% of adults in the District have had a jab, with 1,400 doses given in the week to April 4th. Latest Public Health England Stats show 51,414 vaccines have been given here between December 8th and April 4th, including just under […]
The Duke of Edinburgh – Prince Philip – has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace has confirmed the news with a statement. It says : “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “His Royal […]
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a lorry on the M1 near the Catthorpe Interchange this morning. The man in his 60s was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on the northbound carriageway, close to junction 19, which happened just after 6.30am. The stretch of motorway between junction 19 and junction […]
