Author: HFM News

An historic village pub which has been closed for almost seven months re-opens tonight. The George, in Ashley, is being brought back to life by Neil and Steph Price, who had been searching for a pub to take-on in the local area for the past seven years. Together with their son, daughter, and grandson, they have […]

An appeal has been launched to find two dogs stolen from a house in Rothwell yesterday. The red cocker spaniels called Ginger and Raquel were taken from Cecil Street between 5pm and 5.20pm. when a burglar entered through a back door. Police say a white Ford Transit van seen parked outside maybe linked to the […]

A man jailed for causing the collapse of a Market Harborough holiday firm has had two and a half years added to his sentence, for stealing more than £800,000 from another company. Jamie Tann, 39, admitted three counts of theft and one of fraud when he appeared before Mold Crown Court in Wales. He hid […]

The Royal British Legion is urging people to think about the significance of the 75th anniversary of VJ Day tomorrow after having to cancel a ceremony in Market Harborough because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The surrender of Japan marked the end of the Second World War on August 15th 1945. Stewart Harrison, Chairman of town’s […]

A woman has been taken to hospital after a car overturned on the A6 near Kibworth this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Harborough Road, near the entrance to Kibworth tip, just after 2.30pm. Police say the female driver of the Peugeot was able to get out of the wreckage and is not thought to […]

The Principal of Robert Smyth Academy has praised A-Level students for the way they have coped during a turbulent end to the school year. Teenagers picked up their results today, which were based on predicted grades by their teachers, as they were unable to sit exams because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Dan Cleary says results […]

A retired vicar from Kibworth has completed a challenge that saw him walk the distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats around the grounds of the sheltered accommodation complex where he lives. Alan Pyke, 82, covered the 850 miles in 142 days, walking eight miles a day around Stuart Court, from when lockdown restrictions came […]

The first winner of an award launched in memory of a popular Market Harborough businessman has been announced. De Montfort University student Bethany Hunt has been handed the ‘Alastair Campbell Marketing Mentor Award’ after impressing judges. The competition was run by the Ideal Marketing Company, which Alastair set-up. He died in 2019, two years after […]

The impact of the Coronavirus on jobs has seen unemployment in the Harborough District reach its highest level in nearly 30 years. 2,150 people were out of work and claiming benefits last month – more than three times the figure before the lockdown in March – and the highest since 1992. The latest claimant count […]

A large area of barley crop has been destroyed by fire in Welford. Four fire crews and a water carrier were sent to tackle the blaze in a field off Hemploe Road at 4pm yesterday and remained at the scene overnight damping down. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service say the cause of the fire is […]