Author: HFM News

Harborough Police have recovered a haul of catalytic converters believed to have been stolen from cars in recent days. Officers discovered 27 of them piled up while patrolling near the village of Ullesthorpe last night, and also recovered an Audi car believed to be linked to the thefts. Enquiries are on-going in a bid to […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Market Harborough town centre. The main tree on The Square, sponsored by Market Harborough Building Society, is now in place and work has begun to put up 85 smaller trees above business premises. Alden Electrical is carrying out the installations as part of a subsidised scheme. […]

An increase in illegal hare coursing in rural parts of the Harborough District is concerning farmers. There have been recent incidents in Great Bowden, Hallaton, Slawston and Shearsby. Those involved are causing damage by driving 4×4 vehicles through crops in fields, damaging hedges and smashing down gates. Harriot Ranson is from the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire […]

Police have launched a murder investigation and arrested a man following the death of a woman in Market Harborough last year. The 71-year-old is being questioned by detectives on suspicion of murder, after the body of a woman, aged 70, was found in the back garden of her home in Shelland Close on the Ashley […]

Businesses across Harborough forced to close because of the lockdown can apply for support grants of between of up to £3000. The District Council is administering the government scheme after being handed £3.1m pounds to distribute. Non-essential retail, leisure, personal care, sports facilities and hospitality businesses affected by the enforced closures, who pay business rates […]

This year’s Hfm-backed Toys On The Table appeal has launched and people are being urged to give generously, as it is set to help more youngsters than ever before this Christmas. The appeal for new toys and gifts aims to ensure every disadvantaged child across Leicestershire gets a present to open on Christmas Day, when […]

A toy car has sold at auction in Market Harborough for £2,200 – more than the price of a decent real second-hand motor! The match-box sized grey Volvo PV 444 went under the hammer at Gildings auction house during a Toys, Models and Model Railway sale, selling for more than ten times the estimated sale […]

A driver was caught speeding at 66mph on the first day of new Police checks in Braybrooke. They were travelling at more than twice the 30mph limit on Harborough Road in the village when clocked by Northamptonshire Police’s Safer Roads Team, who have branded the speed ‘unacceptable.’ Sixteen other drivers will also be reported for […]

There are concerns the Harborough District – and the rest of Leicestershire – will continue to face restrictions after the lockdown is lifted, if Coronavirus rates do not drop. Every council area in the county is now in the top 100 parts of the country with the highest infection rates. Harborough is placed 82nd  in […]

Four Jack Russell puppies have been stolen from a farmhouse in Gilmorton. The ten-week old dogs were taken after an intruder got in through the kitchen window and removed them from a crate. Their mother and one other puppy were left behind. The burglary happened sometime between 5pm and 8pm last Wednesday, Police have released […]