Author: HFM News

A coffee house and homewares shop in Great Bowden has closed temporarily after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus. The female worker at Bowden Stores went for a test after losing her sense of smell – it confirmed as positive last night. The business was able to quickly contact all customers who visited when […]

More roads in the Harborough District could have average speed cameras placed on them. If follows a two-year trial in areas including Walcote, on the A4304 between Market Harborough and Lutterworth. That has seen over 5,500 speeding tickets issued and the average speed of vehicles through the village cut from 35mph to 26mph in the […]

The organiser of Market Harborough’s Christmas Fayre says she remains determined to hold some kind of event, despite her latest plan being scuppered. It had been hoped a scaled-down version could take place on The Square through the day on December 4th, but after talks with Harborough Council, that won’t be possible, due to Coronavirus […]

A group of travellers who were illegally camped in a car park in Market Harborough town centre have left. Around 10 caravans and other vehicles had moved onto an area of the Commons Car Park, off Coventry Road, on Sunday. Council officials had given them notice to leave by midday today. A spokesperson for Harborough […]

A Market Harborough pub forced to close for three days after a kitchen porter tested positive for Coronavirus has re-opened. The Freemasons Arms on St Mary’s Road has been thoroughly deep-cleaned after the male member of staff, who had no direct contact with customers, tested positive. Some other staff are self-isolating as a precaution. The […]

People across Harborough badly hit financially after being told to self-isolate could be entitled to financial support. Harborough District Council is administering the government’s ‘Test and Trace Isolation Support Scheme’ People on low incomes, who are unable to work from home, may be entitled to a one-off payment of £500, subject to satisfying the eligibility […]

Harborough’s Council Leader is calling for flytipping fines to be increased to a minimum of £1,000 and for offenders to be ‘named and shamed.’  Current government legislation means the maximum fine for people issued a fixed penalty notice is £400 and it doesn’t allow them to be publicly named. The only time that changes is […]

The Nevill Holt Opera house has been awarded £85,000 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The attraction near Medbourne is one of 96 arts organisations in the East Midlands, and just over 1300 nationwide, to be given a share of £275m, to help them deal with the impact of the pandemic, which has seen theatres […]

The future of Market Harborough’s Peacocks and Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores is in doubt after ‘closing down sale’ posters went up. The owner of the national clothing retailers announced on Friday it plans to appoint administrators in an attempt to save the business. Around 12 people employed across the Harborough stores and are among 21,000 […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary at a house in Desborough. The front door of the property on Rushton Road was forced open sometime between 3.30pm and 10pm last Thursday (October 8th.) The intruder or intruders carried out a search of the houses, although nothing is believed to have been stolen. Officers would […]