Author: HFM News

An appeal to help save Wicksteed Park has raised more than £90,000 in just a few days. People in and around Market Harborough are doing their bit to help by organising fundraisers, including the team at Freeman and Co accountants in Market Harborough, who are being sponsored to run five miles every remaining weekend in […]

A major fundraising appeal has been launched today by the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young people. The charity, that cares for those with life-limiting illnesses from across Leicestershire, is facing losses of up to £1m because of the coronavirus crisis, through lost income from cancelled fundraising events and the temporary closure of its shops, […]

There has been another increase in unemployment across Harborough. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 2150 people are out of work and claiming Job Seekers Allowance – up 620 from last month. The figures show unemployment in the District has tripled since the coronavirus lockdown began in March. Last week it was revealed […]

Elderly residents living at a mobile home park in Market Harborough have had their electricity restored after being without it for over 40 hours. The outage affected five mobile homes at Gracelands Park off Farndon Road. An underground cable fault caused the problem and electricians were able to restore supplies late yesterday afternoon. Thorpe Management, […]

Lives are being put a risk by reckless driving on the A6 in Kibworth. There have been several incidents of concern recently, including speeding cars travelling on the wrong side of the road. It has led to renewed calls for average speed cameras to be installed. Kevin Feltham, Chairman of Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council, fears […]

The Coronavirus pandemic will leave Harborough Council with a funding gap of £1.1m, unless it gets more government support. It is estimated the total impact on the authority’s finances will be just over £2m, as a result of lost income from things like parking charges, and additional expenditure to support residents. Bosses are continuing to […]

The Market Harborough and the Bowdens charity is pledging to do all it can to help people bounce back from the impact of Coronavirus. It has already provided financial support to groups during the pandemic, including the Jubilee Foodbank, VASL, Home-Start and the Bower House voluntary counselling service. Chairman Adrian Trotter told Hfm they are […]

A gang of burglars who stole a safe containing £20,000 from a house in Illston On The Hill have been jailed for a total of over 15 years. They used a Land Rover Discovery, stolen earlier in the night from outside a house in Hallaton, to transport the safe to a secluded woodland, where they […]

Police say they are planning more drugs raids in and around Market Harborough. Officers executed a warrant under the misuse of drugs act at a house on Welland Park Road yesterday, seizing a quantity of suspected Class A drugs. Two men and a woman, who were arrested on suspicion of possession of Class A Drugs […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new state-of-the-art all-weather sports pitch at Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough. The flood-lit facility, costing around £600,000 will be used by students as well as the town’s hockey club and made available to other community groups. Principal of Robert Smyth Academy, Dan Cleary, is delighted: Harborough Council’s […]