Author: HFM News

The number of new cases of Coronavirus in the Harborough District has more than doubled in a week. Figures from public health England show they rose from 9.7 to 20.5 per 100,000 people in the seven day to July 6th. Although it is one of the biggest increases in the country, health bosses say the […]

The operator of Harborough Leisure Centre and Lutterworth Sports Centre has welcomed the announcement more sports facilities can open again from the 25th of this month. Swimming pools and indoor gyms, which have been shut since March, are being allowed to reopen in England as part of the easing of lockdown measures, although there will […]

A combined building society and estate agency on Market Harborough’s High Street is set to shut at the end of the month. It’s after the Nottingham Building Society, which owns Harrison Murray, announced is it to transfer its estate agency and lettings activity to the Belvoir Group. The move has put 120 jobs at risk […]

Police say they will deal robustly with anyone causing problems in Market Harborough town centre this weekend. It follows disorder on the High Street last Saturday night that left a man with serious injuries and officers imposing a Dispersal Order. Officers say the majority of people behaved well, although a minority caused problems. Police have […]

New plans have been announced to build 79 flats on a derelict part of the former Harborough Rubber site in Market Harborough. The proposal includes three, four and five-storey apartment buildings, on the land at the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road, and the conversion of the historic former flour mill into apartments. […]

The Great Bowden Music Fest begins tonight – online! Twelve concerts featuring local, national and international musicians, playing a wide variety of music, are being shown on YouTube over the next four day. It coincides with the dates originally planned for events in the village, which can’t take place because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Violinist […]

Kibworth tip is to reopen next month after being shut since March because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The site will be available Monday to Friday from August the 3rd on an appointment-only basis, with bookings to be taken from July 24th. It is among six more recycling and household waste sites being re-opened by Leicestershire […]

The parts of the Harborough District where there have been more than 50 confirmed cases of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic have been revealed. New data has been broken down to report figures in areas which have an average population of just over 7,000. Southern Market Harborough and Little Bowden has 55 […]

Part of a Market Harborough car park that ‘sunk’ is to finally be repaired and resurfaced. The area of the Springfield Street car park near Homebase has been fenced off for eight months because of the subsidence. A private firm is responsible for maintaining that part and has not revealed what caused the issue or […]

Burglars started a fire after forcing their way into an entertainment venue in Ashley early this morning. The blaze at the Big Barn off Medbourne Road caused major smoke damage throughout the building and spread to a storage container outside. Fire crews were called just after 5.30am when a passer-by noticed a large amount of […]