Author: HFM News

Harborough’s MP was interrupted when asking a question during Prime Minister’s Question Time … by his phone. Neil O’Brien, who was taking part by video link to the House of Commons earlier, was posing an important question to Boris Johnson about coronavirus. He later confirmed the call, on a landline that hardly ever rings, was […]

Harborough District Council is proposing increasing its share of Council tax, as it battles to deal with a ‘significant financial challenge’.   The charge will rise by £5 a year for the average Band D property, the maximum allowed by government, if the authority’s budget for the forthcoming year is approved. Ever-increasing demand for services, a […]

Unannounced inspections are to be carried out at supermarkets and essential businesses across Harborough to ensure they are Covid-secure. Officers from Harborough District Council will carry out the checks, which will focus on face covering compliance, signage, social distancing and other procedures. The move comes amid a push from government to help drive down coronavirus […]

Police have been called in after a suspected major cyber attack on computer systems at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough. It has left just under a thousand pupils unable to take part in live virtual lessons with teachers this week, with platforms used for remote learning and emails affected. The school says it was […]

The Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth is to re-open as a Covid-19 vaccination centre. It will be one of three new vaccine hubs at community hospitals in Leicestershire, in addition to jabs being given at GP surgeries. Currently people living in and around Lutterworth have to travel to Oadby to get the Covid-19 jab and […]

Market Harborough’s HSBC bank is not one of a number across to country to be closed, after a shift towards telephone and internet banking. The bank has announced today that 82 branches will shut, including in Wigston. HSBC say the decision reflected “local market trends, customer behaviour and branch usage” and would see the total […]

The government says it’ll do all it can to make sure people in Leicestershire are protected if convicted killer Colin Pitchfork is released this year. He was jailed in 1988 for the rape and murder of teenagers Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Narborough and his case is due to go the parole board again shortly. […]

A Kibworth man has been told he was one of the first people in the world to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Kevin Feltham joined the Oxford Astrazenica vaccine trial last August, but has only just found out he was actually given the Covid-19 vaccine and not a placebo, an inactive drug, which some of those […]

An appeal has been launched after a family’s beloved pet dog was stolen from the back garden of their house in Desborough. The thief or thieves cut through a padlock on the gate of a run to take Ruby, a three-and half-year old Cocker Spaniel, sometime between 11pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday. The […]

Police are keeping up their fight against illegal drivers across the Harborough District. 13 vehicles have been seized this month, the majority for not having insurance, and drivers reported for motoring offences. The latest was on Saturday when officers spotted a man defecating in a lay-by near Ullesthorpe – he vaulted a fence and ran […]