Author: HFM News

Brooke House College in Market Harborough has moved to quash rumours and offer reassurance over the Coronavirus. Mike Oliver, Principal of the college, which has 20 Chinese students out of a population of just over 300, has spoken out after being contacted by some local people and posts of social media, fearing some had been […]

Burglars have stolen a ‘substantial’ amount of cigarettes worth thousands of pounds from a Market Harborough supermarket. They smashed their way into the Co-Op on Coventry Road at around 11.40pm last night, through a window and then forced open a cabinet containing the cigarettes. Police are appealing for information and want to hear from anyone […]

Sport and community facilities across Harborough are to be boosted by grants totaling over £700,000. In Kibworth, the Cricket Club is getting £60,000 to help towards its new pavilion project and £26,000 will pay for a new multi-use games area at the Warwick Road Recreation Ground, after it was handed to Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council. […]

A new hydrotherapy pool is to open at Harborough Leisure Centre – thanks to people who donated £48,000 to a fundraising appeal launched 28 years ago. The facility, which will help those with arthritis, back pain and muscle injuries, was first thought about in 1992, and various events were held to raise money for it. […]

Repairs are being carried out after a water leak in Market Harborough town centre. Severn Trent Water were made aware of the problem yesterday afternoon and carried out repairs to fix a burst pipe during the evening – no supplies were affected. Temporary traffic lights are in use instead of the permanent traffic lights, while […]

A man has been charged with a number of driving offences, after a car crashed into signs and railings outside St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough. Police say the silver VW Golf had initially made-off from officers, before the collision yesterday afternoon. The 25-year-old driver who was arrested will appear before Magistrates later this month. […]

A canal boat has been left badly damaged after fire in Foxton.     Firefighters were called to the stretch of the Grand Union Canal off Main Street just after 10.30am yesterday. Crews arrived to find the boat well alight and used breathing apparatus while tackling the blaze. A man and dog who were on […]

One of the first new houses being built on a new affordable homes site in Market Harborough has been demolished. Waterloo Housing says its builder was not satisfied with the quality of the walls constructed and as a result the shell of the house has been flattened and will be re-built. Seventeen homes, with a […]

Celebrities are wishing the cast of Market Harborough’s Youth Theatre good luck in their remaining performances of the pantomime Aladdin. Nicola Coughlan, who plays Claire in TV’s Derry Girls has recorded them a video message, as well as X Factor host Dermot O’Leary.   The panto is being performed at the Welland Park Academy Theatre […]

Two men are to go on trial accused of robbing the Spar Shop in Market Harborough over two years ago. Gary Lee Wood and James McClafferty have appeared in Court to deny stealing cash and cigarettes from the Coventry Road on January 13th 2018, when staff were threatened with a knife. They also pleaded not […]