Author: HFM News

Members of the Carers Café in Market Harborough have made Easter decorations as a way of staying connected. They have not been able to meet for months because of the pandemic, as they have been shielding at home. The hanging decorations are being displayed in the foyer of Waitrose, where the social get-together is usually […]

A Market Harborough man has been charged with breaching coronavirus regulations after a Traveller funeral in Kettering.  About 150 mourners turned out to celebrate the life of Joe Rooney from Corby, who died in a car crash, during the second lockdown in November. Hundreds later joined a wake in a field with a marquee as […]

Youngsters from St Andrew’s Primary in North Kilworth are using the Easter holidays to stay active and raise cash for the school. The virtual challenge is seeing them walking, running, scooting and cycling the equivalent 782 mile distance to St Andrew’s in Scotland – and back again! The youngsters have already reached the destination and […]

Police say a motorcyclist wasn’t injured after a crash on the A47 near Houghton on the Hill. The rider came off the bike after being involved in collision with a car at around 5.15pm yesterday, Officers say they did not require medical treatment. The road was partially blocked while the incident was dealt with and […]

Two teenage girls were so drunk they had to be treated by ambulance crews at Little Bowden Recreation Ground last night. Police called paramedics after becoming concerned for their welfare – both, one of whom was aged 16, were treated at the scene. Officers also took two other youngsters home, because they were in such […]

Police are appealing for help to find a man wanted in connection with a serious assault in Desborough. Northamptonshire Police want to speak to Patrick Jimmy Gavin, 31, from Great Oxendon, about the incident on November 6th, during which a man was stabbed in the arm. Officers say anyone who sees Gavin should call 999 […]

A reward is being offered for information that leads to the return of two dirt bikes and a mini quad bike, stolen from a workshop in Market Harborough. Thieves forced their way into the building, in a field off Farndon Road, behind the Spar Shop, sometime between Sunday and Tuesday afternoon. The owner of the […]

The cost to park in Market Harborough has risen today. Most charges have increased by 50p, with the minimum tariff in the Harborough District Council-run car parks now £1.50 for two-hours parking. It is four years since charges last went up – the authority blames increased financial pressures for the move, approved earlier this year. […]

It’s all change for local government in Northamptonshire today with the launch of two new Unitary authorities. District and Borough Councils, along with the County Council have been abolished in favour of the new system, brought about following the financial collapse of Northamptonshire County Council in 2018. Areas of the Hfm region previously served by […]

A group of travellers have been ordered to leave a car park in Market Harborough. Around 10 caravans and a number of vehicles arrived last night and set up an illegal camp on the car park shared by Harborough Town Football Club and Market Harborough Rugby Club, off Northampton Road. Police visited the site this […]