Author: HFM News

A major project is to take place to restore the historic Kibworth Harcourt Windmill to its former glory. Once complete it will see the last surviving post mill in Leicestershire, which dates back to  1711, become operational again for the first time since the 1930s. The work, set to begin later this year or in […]

Small businesses across Harborough who so far have not received any financial help during the Coronavirus pandemic can now apply for a share of £1m of cash assistance. Harborough Council is administering the new government scheme, with firms able to make applications for the next two weeks. The fund is prioritising firms in shared offices, […]

A man has been found dead at a property in Market Harborough. Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Pear Tree Gardens, on the Southern Estate, just after 10.30am today. Officers say his death is being treated as ‘unexplained’ but not suspicious, and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured after crashing on the outskirts of Kibworth yesterday evening. The male rider was taken to the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire by Air Ambulance, after coming off his bike on Warwick Road at around 5.15pm. Leicestershire Police say it is not not believed his injuries are life-threatening. No other vehicles […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new housing estate in Great Bowden. Harborough Council’s planning committee approved the plan for 33 homes to go up on the Bowden Fencing site, off Leicester Lane, when it met last night in a virtual on-line meeting. The plan was narrowly approved, with five members of the Planning […]

An investigation is to be launched after pieces of plastic were found strewn across land between Market Harborough and Lubenham. It appears to have been ploughed into the large field, adjacent to the Airfield Farm Development. A jogger who noticed it alerted authorities – Leicestershire County Council says it is working with Harborough Council and […]

Severn Trent has deployed water tankers to Kibworth Harcourt in a bid to restore supplies. People in parts of the village, as well as those in the Langtons and Glooston were left without water for over 23 hours yesterday – the third time since Sunday that taps ran dry. The tankers are injecting water directly […]

Work has re-started on the construction of a new pub in Market Harborough. Brewery Marston’s say it’s resumed in-line with government working guidelines, after contractors left the site off Rockingham Road in March, when the Coronavirus lockdown came into force. The brewery says it hopes the pub – to be called The Roebuck – will […]

A ‘lock-down rock snake’ is making its way around the outside of a play park on Market Harborough’s Farndon Field Estate! With the play equipment currently closed, youngsters are decorating rocks and writing messages on them, before adding them to snake daily. It is currently 10 metres long and the aim is to stretch it […]

Drivers are being warned on-street parking restrictions in Market Harborough remain in force. Enforcement teams were scaled back when the lock-down came into force, although patrols have been upped this week to reflect the increase in traffic levels. A number of people were caught out yesterday, with parking tickets placed on numerous cars in the […]