Author: HFM News

A car linked to shop thefts across three counties has been seized by Police in Little Bowden. Officers found the Nissan 4×4 abandoned with the keys in the ignition, when they responded to reports of suspicious behaviour in Scotland Road, yesterday evening. Occupants of the vehicle have been linked to offences committed in the last […]

New so-called Garden Villages could be built in the Harborough District. The Council wants landowners and developers to suggest potential areas for them, together with land for employment and retail use. England’s first Garden Villages were announced by the government four years ago, to deliver between 1,500 and 10,000 properties. The ‘Call for Sites’ is […]

Drunk children had to be taken home and groups dispersed after Police were called to parks in Little Bowden and Kibworth last night. Officers are urging parents to consider what their sons and daughters are doing after noise levels became unacceptable. Litter was left strewn across Little Bowden Recreation Ground after large numbers gathered with […]

People power has forced a re-think over plans to close a popular family-run café at Foxton Locks. The Canal and River Trust, who own the site, has put the move on hold, so talks can be held with the owner of the Top Lock Coffee Stop. It comes after over 2,200 people signed a petition […]

The major expansion of a Market Harborough business park is a step closer, after funding totalling £9.5m was approved. Leicestershire County Council will now submit a planning application for the development, which has the potential to create hundreds of jobs. 34 new commercial units will be built at Airfield Business Park, off the B6047 Harborough […]

Cases of coronavirus in the Harborough District have dropped to the lowest level for six months. Public Health England figures show 37 new cases were reported in the seven days to yesterday – 23 fewer than the previous week – and the lowest number since September. Three new positive tests were recorded yesterday, which is […]

A car thief who left a woman injured and rammed a Police patrol car has been jailed for three years. Alex Lundy, 45, ran over her foot when she disturbed him stealing her Audi in Cold Ashby on February the 26th, and forced a Police officer to jump out of the way when he accelerated […]

Market Harborough’s independent traders are giving children something fun to do during the Easter holidays. They have set-up an Easter Bunny Hunt, with youngsters challenged to find bunnies and Easter shapes, hidden in 27 shop and business windows across the town, and Harborough Market. The Harbs Collective, which champions the town’s independent businesses, is behind […]

A music teacher from Thurnby has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl more than 10 years ago and Police fear he may have attacked other girls, who have not yet come forward. Christopher Dunn, 45, from Pulford Drive, assaulted the student at the music school where he taught between 2004 and 2007. He […]

Over 1,800 people are backing a campaign to save a popular family-run café at Foxton Locks. Top Lock Coffee Stop has been open for the past 15 years, but the Canal and River Trust, who own the site, won’t be renewing the lease on the premises after October, as it wants to run its own […]