Author: HFM News

Leicestershire Police have issued a warning about a scam census text. It states the recipient made a mistake on their survey form and need to correct it to avoid paying a fine. People are told to click on a link which goes to a bogus website and asks for bank account details, to pay a […]

There has been another big drop in cases of Coronavirus in the Harborough District. 19 cases were recorded in the seven days to yesterday – a near 50% reduction on the previous week. The weekly infection rate has fallen to 18.1 per 100,000 people – the lowest in over six months. Public Health England figures […]

Nearly 2,000 trees have been planted in the latest project by the Harborough Woodland. The group teamed up with the 1st Bowdens Scout Group and Waterloo Cottage Farm for the planting on Saturday, in the grounds of the farm in Great Oxendon. A hundred youngsters were part of the day and Bruce Durham, Chair of […]

Harborough Churches are marking Easter with ‘Yarn Bombs’. Members of the congregation at St Hugh’s on Northampton Road and St Nicholas Church in Little Bowden spent the six weeks of lent knitting flowers, pompoms and other objects, which are on display outside – to help spread the Easter message as usual services couldn’t take place. […]

At least three sheep were killed after being attacked by dogs in a Harborough village. Police were called to Ullesthorpe, near Lutterworth yesterday morning, after reports two Alsatian dogs were attacking animals in a field on Lutterworth Road. Officers say the dogs also died, although have not confirmed how, and enquiries to locate their owner […]

Drivers are being warned a stretch of Kettering Road in Little Bowden is closed during daytime hours until Friday. The key route in and out of Market Harborough is shut in both directions from Gores Lane to Coleridge Way between 7.30am and 6pm. The closure is so Leicestershire Council Council can carry out ‘carriageway patching […]

Organisers of the historic Hallaton Bottle Kicking kept the tradition alive yesterday, by walking the route with the infamous bottles. Usually thousands of people would have attended the Easter Monday event – which has a history dating back 2000 years – but because of the pandemic, it was cancelled for the second year running. Members of […]

There is hope for the future of Market Harborough’s Peacocks shop, after the fashion chain was bought out of administration. The deal will save 2,000 jobs and around half of the firm’s 400 stores – although it has yet to be confirmed which ones and if the High Street shop is included. A senior executive […]