Author: HFM News

Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist died in a crash with a car on the outskirts of Desborough yesterday lunchtime. The man, aged 85, who was riding an electric powered tricycle, was involved in collision with a silver VW Polo on Stoke Albany Road, near to the Albany Shed Company base, at about […]

Leicestershire County Council is calling on the government to provide more cash to help it cope with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. It says without more help it will be facing a £28m gap in its finances this year with extra costs in adult social care and waste disposal and reduced income from other […]

A woman says she’s been left devastated after thieves targeted the allotments she says is her second home. Over 50 sheds were broken into at the site off West Langton Road in Kibworth sometime between 5pm on Tuesday and 6.30am yesterday, with power tools and gardening equipment worth thousands of pounds stolen. Alison Austin arrived […]

Thieves have stolen power tools and gardening equipment worth thousands of pounds after breaking into over 50 sheds at an allotment site in Kibworth Harcourt. They used bolt croppers to rip padlocks off the doors sometime between 5pm yesterday and 6.30am today and used wheelbarrows to move the equipment to the road-side, where it’s believed […]

Care homes across the Hfm Region are to benefit from a new government fund aimed at helping to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Leicestershire County Council has been given just under £6.7m from the National Infection Fund and Northamptonshire County Council just over £8m. The cash will help cover costs of implementing measures to reduce […]

The number of people across the Harborough District claiming unemployment benefits has more than doubled since the coronavirus lockdown began. Offical figures out today show 1,530 needed help last month, up from 705 in March. Across Leicester and Leicestershire the figure jumped by over 12,500 – in Northamptonshire by nearly 9,000. More on national figures […]

The go-ahead has been given for a former vehicle body shop in Market Harborough to be demolished to pave the way for new offices to be built. It means the Iliffe Car body Repair Centre on Leicester Road, which shut last year, can be bulldozed, in preparation for a further planning application being submitted to […]

A man was taken to hospital after a crash on the B6047 yesterday afternoon. Two cars, a Range Rover and Mini, were involved in the collision on Melton Road at Three Gates, near Illston on the Hill just before 4.30pm. Leicestershire Police say initial reports were that one driver was trapped and fire crews from […]

Market Harborough-based Joules has raised £50,000 for the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 Urgent Appeal, through sales of clothing with Rainbows on. The retailer is donating all profits from sales of the special ‘Rainbow Edit’ collection, which features colourful splashes of bright rainbow colours and rainbows themselves, as well as its Badminton Horse Trials range. Chief […]

A teenager has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to commit burglary after being arrested in Market Harborough. Chay Bowskill did not enter a plea at Leicester Magistrates and has been released on conditional bail, ahead of appearance at Leicester Crown Court next month. The 19 year old of Empingham Drive, Syston, was arrested on […]