Author: HFM News
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There is anger after someone defecated against a wall in Market Harborough’s Memorial Gardens. Council maintenance teams discovered it this morning and immediately cleaned up the mess, which had left brown stains on the wall that bears a silhouette of a soldier. Harborough Council leader Phil King has ordered CCTV of the area to be […]
George Halls Cycle Centre in Market Harborough is experiencing its busiest ever time as people take to cycling during the lock-down. Sales of new bikes have rocketed, with over 100 sold in the past few weeks, and hundreds of bikes have been serviced and repaired, with people bringing in cycles that have been sitting unused […]
Markings are being put down on pavements in Market Harborough town centre to encourage social distancing when more shops reopen on Monday. The street floor stencilling is one measure being put in place by Harborough Council, to help manage queues and encouraging people to follow certain routes. Public hand sanitisers are also being installed and […]
A Garden at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough has been transformed after an appeal on Facebook. A member of staff from Harborough Council’s contractor FCC Environment saw it and decided to step in and help. The run-down garden, used by patients and staff, has seen old turf replaced with gravel, benches repaired and re-painted, […]
The Market Harborough branch of fashion store Monsoon and Accessorize looks to be safe, after the founder of the chains bought them out of administration. The retailers collapsed due to the impact of the covid-19 lockdown. 35 other branches are set to close, but its hoped the buyout means more than 2,000 jobs and both […]
Market Harborough town centre has a new Post Office. The branch on Adam and Eve Street is inside a new convenience store and replaces the one in St Mary’s Place, which closed yesterday. The new branch, which opened this afternoon, is being run by experienced Postmaster, Ash Singh, who has two other branches, and will […]
Work has begun to build a new Multi-Use Games at Warwick Park in Kibworth. It is going up in the former skatepark area and once complete will be a place for youngsters to play football, basketball and other sports. The facility is costing over £25,000, with Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council funding it through money provided […]
Work has begun to clear plastic from a large area of land between Market Harborough and Lubenham. An investigation by Leicestershire County Council has found it was spread across the land by mistake, by contractors acting on behalf of the landowner. Cllr Blake Pain, Cabinet Member for Minerals and Waste Planning, at the County Council […]
For first-class service, choose the Post Office inside Londis on Western Avenue, Market Harborough. You can pay bills, do your banking, get your car tax, free cash withdrawals and lots more. The Post Office is open seven days a week with free parking right outside! And the shop is full of everything you could possibly […]
Hfm has been given a boost thanks to a generous donation of £1,000 from the Freemasons of St Wilfrid’s Lodge in Market Harborough. The group is supporting community organisations whose income has been hit by the Coronavirus pandemic, and the money will be used to buy keyboards and hardware, to support the upgrade the radio […]
