Author: HFM News

83 people have sadly died in care homes across Leicestershire in the past three weeks after testing positive for Coronavirus. The data released by the Care Quality Commission covers the period between April 10th and May 1st and only relates to deaths that occurred in care homes, not residents who may have died after being […]

Market Harborough’s tip will re-open later this month on an appointment-only basis. People will have to book a 15 minute slot in advance before going to the recycling and household waste site on Riverside. That is so the number of people there at one time is limited, to allow social distancing measures to be maintained. […]

A temporary drive-through Coronavirus test facility has opened in the car park of Harborough Leisure Centre. The appointment-only service is being run by the Army and will be operating from the site off Northampton Road for the next three days. Any essential worker or members of their family who are displaying symptoms of Covid-19 can […]

Police are appealing for information after a caravan was stolen from Husbands Bosworth airfield late last night. Officers were alerted just before 11.30pm after the thieves were seen cutting through a wheel-lock, before hitching it up to a vehicle, and driving off the site on Sibbertoft Road. The Police helicopter was scrambled in a bid […]

A magician who grew up in Market Harborough is through to the next round of Britain’s Got Talent after wowing the judges at his audition. What started as a card trick ended with Sean Heydon managing to go back in time, somehow making the clocks on the judges’ mobiles and the phones of everyone in […]

Harborough Council is calling on the government to give it more cash to cope with the impact of Coronavirus. It’s already been handed just over £960,000 of emergency funding, although Council Leader Phil King says much more is needed, as the hit on authority’s finances will be in the multi-millions of pounds. The Council has […]

A large pile of rubbish has been fly-tipped on the edge of Great Bowden. Containing household and electrical items and even an artificial Christmas tree, it was dumped on Langton Road sometime over the weekend. Harborough Council is investigating and is appealing to anyone who saw the items being dumped to contact them. The closure […]

A car crashed off the A6 into a field near Kibworth last night, leaving the driver – suspected of drink driving – trapped inside. Emergency services were called to the stretch of the road at the end of the Great Glen bypass at 7.45pm and firefighters had to cut the man out of the wreckage […]

A campaign has been launched to recruit more on-call firefighters across the Harborough District. There are vacancies in Market Harborough, Kibworth, Billesdon and Lutterworth. On-call crews respond to 999 calls from their homes or workplaces, so need to live or work fairly close to their nearest fire station. Leicestershire Fire & Rescue would normally hold […]

Boris Johnson has shared get well pictures made by a Market Harborough youngster on his Facebook page. Sophia Blyth, aged 5, who goes to the Market Harborough C of E Academy, sent them to the Prime Minister while he was being treated for Coronavirus. Mr Johnson took time over the weekend to catch-up with dozens […]