Author: HFM News

A man caught red handed dumping rubbish in a country lane and a woman who paid him to take it away have both been fined hundreds of pounds by Harborough Council. Covert CCTV captured the moment the household waste was fly-tipped on Houghton Lane in Stoughton last month. The man from Narborough, who has not […]

Detailed plans have been revealed for a massive new housing estate on the edge of Market Harborough. Persimmon Homes want to build 350 homes on 36 acres of fields between Northampton Road and the Brampton Valley Way, east of the Blackberry Grange estate. The developer has handed a planning application to Harborough Council, which identified […]

There are fears someone will die if people continue to swim in Saddington Reservoir during the hot weather. Hundreds of people have descended on the beauty spot for a second day, with some jumping into the water from height. Swimming is banned due to the dangers that lie beneath the water. Adrian Lole is the […]

A man has been taken to hospital with a head injury after falling off a ladder and landing on a flat roof in Wilbarston.  Emergency services were called to Springfield Road just before 1pm, with firefighters using a stretcher, ladders and lowering lines to safely get him to the ground. Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service […]

Life-saving flying doctors serving the Hfm region have flown their 40,000th mission today. The two helicopters began operating in 2003 and continue to take to the skies thanks entirely to public donations, with no central government funding. Former patients of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance and Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, both operated […]

Harborough’s MP is throwing his weight behind the ‘Shop Local’ campaign and is encouraging people to support independent retailers in Market Harborough, or risk losing them. Neil O’Brien has been visiting business owners in the town centre, as they battle to survive the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is the second week that ‘non-essential’ […]

There was lots of smoke, but luckily no fire at a Market Harborough jewellers this morning. Passers-by called 999 when they saw it billowing out of the door of Denhams, on the corner of The Square and Adam and Eve Street just after 10am. The ‘smoke cloak’ anti-theft device had activated accidentally when a shop […]

Severn Trent say problems with water supplies in the Kibworth area have now been resolved. It affected parts of Kibworth and Smeeton Westerby from early this morning, leaving some villagers with no water and others with extremely low pressure. The problem was linked to a repair being carried out in the area, but the company […]

Police have pledged to take action against a minority of youths causing problems in parks across Harborough. There has been an increase in reports of drunken anti-social behaviour including at the Symington’s Recreation Ground in Market Harborough and Little Bowden Recreation Ground. Officers are using powers enabling them to confiscate alcohol from adults, but say […]

An investigation has been launched after rubbish was fly-tipped on a country road near Tugby. Harborough Council say evidence found among the pile of household waste on Hallaton Road, which even included a spectacles case, could trace it back to where it came from. Anyone with information about the flytipping is urged to contact Harborough […]