Author: HFM News

Harborough Council has unanimously backed a campaign to reduce the impact of fireworks on animals. A motion by Leader Phil King was put to a meeting of the Full Council in response to concerns from the RSPCA and residents about the effects they have on pets and livestock. The Council will now urge suppliers to […]

One person has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after a head-on crash near Foxton last night. It happened on Langton Road just after 6pm and involved a silver VW Polo and blue Toyota Avensis. The male passenger in the back of the Polo was pronounced dead at the scene and […]

A drink driver has been banned from the roads for 18 months after another motorist forced him to stop and took his keys. Niall Derry came to a halt on Stonton Road, near Church Langton, after being seen on the wrong side of the road by the other driver on October the 27th. Police were […]

A controversial planning application to develop 30 acres of land in Great Glen has been with withdrawn just hours before Harborough Council was to consider it. The joint scheme by Leicester Grammar School and Homes England, the government’s housing, land and regeneration agency, included a 60-bedroom Extra Care facility, 32 bungalows and new sports facilities […]

The go-ahead for a barn conversion next to the runway of the Gliding Centre in Husbands Bosworth has been overturned by the High Court on safety grounds. Harborough Council granted planning permission for the development off Sibbertoft Road earlier this year. But a judge, considering a Judicial Review challenge from the Gliding Centre, has deemed […]

The Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth is appealing for support as it cares for over 250 orphaned hedgehogs. Around ten a day are being dropped off at the rescue centre, with milder weather earlier in the autumn thought to be behind the influx, with babies being born later than normal and then being found on […]

Severn Trent say water supplies have returned to normal after problems in parts of Market Harborough and Little Bowden yesterday evening. Some people were left with no water and others with extremely low pressure, The company says it was made aware of the issue at around 5.30pm and dispatched engineers to investigate, with the issue […]

Two men have made been charged with robbing the Spar Shop in Market Harborough last year. They are accused of stealing cash and cigarettes from the Coventry Road store, after threatening staff with a knife, on January 13th. The men are also charged with conspiring to rob Co-Op stores in Braybrooke Road, Desbrough, Brigstock and […]

A driver suffered minor injuries after a head-on crash in a Market Harborough street this morning. Emergency services were called to Lathkill Street at 8am following the collision between a Volvo and Renault close to the junction with Caxton Street. The driver of the Volvo, a man in his 20s, was assisted out of the […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a firework was let off by youths in the entrance of Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough. A number of people were in the area at the time, including young children, although no-one has reported being injured. There was some minor damage caused to the area of the supermarket in St […]