Author: HFM News

There is a final call for businesses in Market Harborough who want a lit Christmas Tree outside their premises during the festive season. Already 82 have ordered one and installations will begin next week. But, town-based Alden Electrical, who are behind the subsidised schem,e and are keen to hear from anyone else who would like […]

Action has been taken after noise from a power generator at the new Covid-19 test centre in Market Harborough left near-by residents unable to sleep. Those living on Monk Close, on the Blackberry Grange Estate, complained to Harborough Council, comparing the constant drone and vibration to ‘like having an HGV parked up outside their homes […]

A suspected shoplifter was detained by Police who were parked up just yards away in Market Harborough town centre yesterday. The man, aged 33, was stopped on The Square after he had left the Tesco Metro store and officers spotted shop staff following him. He is set to appear in court accused of stealing toiletries […]

One the main routes in and out of Market Harborough is to close to traffic for five days later this month. Kettering Road will be shut either side of the railway bridge in Little Bowden from Monday November 23rd. It is so work to improve cycleway facilities can take place – part of a scheme […]

Children from Ridgeway Primary Academy in Market Harborough are starring in a film alongside rugby legend Martin Johnson – a former pupil. It showcases the school’s ethos of dreaming big and reaching for the skies, as well as celebrating how well pupils and staff have dealt with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Sarah Bishop, […]

A thief has admitted stealing bikes worth over £1,000 from outside Market Harborough Railway Station. Richard Marlow, 41, of Havelock Street, Kettering, stole four bicycles from a temporary cycle storage area off Rockingham Road during July, August and September last year. He has pleaded guilty to five charges of theft at Leicester Magistrates – four […]

Up to 80,000 Covid-19 test kits a week are to be sent to Leicestershire, after it was added to a list of trial areas. It follows discussions between the county council and Department of Health & Social Care this afternoon, after the county was not initially included in a list of over 60 parts of […]

A family from Fleckney has been left distraught after their pet dog died when it was startled by a loud firework. Greyhound Faye collided with patio doors at their home, after bolting when the firework exploded close-by while she was in the garden. The dog, aged 9, had been adopted by the Wilford family in […]

A man who was reportedly pointing a gun at children in a Leicestershire village has been shot with rubber bullets by armed police. Officers were called to reports the man was walking around Sarson Street in Quorn, near Loughborough, with “a long-barrelled firearm” just after midday. Leicestershire Police said the “less lethal option of a […]

The operator of Harborough Leisure Centre is backing a call for gyms to be allowed to re-open during the lockdown. Everyone Active wants them recognised as an ‘essential service.’ The company, who run the facility as well as Lutterworth Sports Centre, on behalf of Harborough District Council, says the closures of gyms across the country […]