Author: HFM News

A family have been left devastated after their pet dog was stolen. Cressy, a Springer Spaniel, was taken from Thorpe Underwood Farm, between Harrington and Rothwell, just before 3pm last Thursday. The female dog, which is on medication and needs constant care, was in a secure yard when she was stolen. Family members say Cressy, […]

Parents and carers of autistic children are being offered new help from a Market Harborough autism support group. Two of Spectrum’s team have qualified as trainers to deliver the National Autistic Society’s free EarlyBird Plus programme – designed to help support parents of youngsters aged 4 to 9. Hfm’s Darren Harte spoke to Alison Leham, […]

A couple from Lutterworth are celebrating winning £1m on the National Lottery. Terri and John Picton-Clark scooped the big prize after buying a £2 lucky dip ticket for the draw on January 9th. They didn’t know they had won at the time and only found out when John went into WH Smith in Market Harborough […]

The controversial plan to redevelop part of an elderly people’s housing scheme in Market Harborough is being recommended for the go-ahead. 16 bungalows will be demolished at Naseby Square, on the Southern Estate, if planning permission is granted to build 38 new affordable homes on the site. There has been widespread opposition to the plan […]

The Union Flag is flying at half-mast in Market Harborough today, in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore. The Second World War veteran, who raised more than £32m for the NHS during the first lockdown, died yesterday, aged 100. The Royal British Legion, lowered the flag in the Memorial Gardens this morning and Harborough District […]

A new Argos store will open later this month inside Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough. It will replace the shop in St Mary’s Place, which shut last March during the first lockdown and then permanently. Sainsbury’s, who own Argos, say staff who worked at the standalone store will move to the new outlet, which will open […]

Plans to build a new apartments in Market Harborough town centre are being recommended for approval. The scheme will see the demolition of a former vehicle repair centre, at the corner of Abbey Street and Fairfield Road. It would be replaced with a two-and-a-half storey building, containing nine, one and two-bed apartments. Harborough District Council […]

Police want people to continue passing on information about illegal drugs misuse, after a raid in Market Harborough yesterday. Officers say concerns from members of the community led to the warrant being executed at a property in Lathkill Street. A large quantity of cannabis was found along with with a small amount of suspected cocaine. […]

Police have raided a travellers site near Great Oxendon and recovered two suspected stolen items. Officers executed a search warrant at Greenfields on Braybrooke Road at around 11am yesterday. A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson told Hfm the operation followed ‘intelligence that was received’, but was unable to confirm what was recovered for ‘operational reasons.’ No arrests […]

What is thought to be the centrepiece jewel of King Henry VIII’s lost crown has turned up in a field near Market Harborough – 400 years after it went missing. Kevin Duckett from Fleckney discovered the tiny gold and enamel figure while using his metal detector in fields near Little Oxendon. He found it in […]