Author: HFM News

There is reassurance from Leicestershire’s Director of Public Health after a chef tested positive for Coronavirus at the Mercado Lounge cafe bar in Market Harborough. Bosses at the Abbey Street venue are following guidance from Public Health officials and say the male chef, together with some other kitchen staff, are self-isolating. All other staff are […]

Lubenham All Saints Primary School has been handed a top accolade for its environmental efforts. The Eco-School Green Flag recognises following years of hard work by pupils and teachers in reducing energy and plastic use, recycling, encouraging healthy living and improvements to the school grounds. The school’s ‘Green Team’ is made-up of 12 pupils aged […]

Market Harborough’s M&Co store has been saved after it was announced 47 are shutting nationwide with the loss of 380 jobs. The fashion retailer has confirmed the High Street shop, which has traded for over 40 years, is not affected by the major restructuring, safe-guarding jobs. However, the M&Co store in Kettering has closed with […]

A man been jailed for two years and four months for sexually assaulting a woman in her home in Market Harborough. Phillip George, 42, also attacked a female Police officer, who was the first on the scene of the incident, kicking her in the back of the head as she arrested him, and spat at […]

Residents forced to move out of their flats in Market Harborough after a fire won’t be able to return until the building is repaired. Housing Association EMH Homes say the damage at Kings Court on Kings Road is still being assessed and people living there have been temporarily rehoused in a hotel. Two people were […]

There are fears sweeping planning reforms will lead to a ‘free for all’ for developers across Harborough. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced plans for ‘permission in principle’ to be automatically given to developments on land designated for renewal, to speed up building in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Cllr Phil Knowles, Leader of […]

Cases of Coronavirus in the Harborough District are falling, according to latest government figures. There were four new confirmed cases in the week ending July 30th, compared to seven the week before – meaning the district’s seven-day rate is now 4.3 per 100,000 people. At the start of July that figure jumped to 20.5 per […]

A tree surgeon has been airlifted to hospital after falling around 30 feet from a tree in the grounds of St Helen’s Church in Sibbertoft. East Midlands Ambulance Service and fire crews from Market Harborough and Desborough were called just before 1.30pm yesterday. The man was treated at the scene before being taken to the […]

The cost of crime on farmers across the Hfm region is on the up. A new report from insurers NFU Mutual has put the amount lost in Leicestershire last year at £1.7m, a 19% rise on 2018, and at £1.2m in Northamptonshire – double the figure in 2018. It says Leicestershire is the eighth worst-hit […]

A Market Harborough man has bought one of the world’s rarest records for what is believed to be a six figure sum. The seven inch northern soul 45 ‘Do I Love You’ by Frank Wilson was originally rejected for release by legendary label Motown in the 1960s, and only a handful of copies were pressed, […]