Author: HFM News

A World War One veteran, whose ashes went unclaimed for 60 years, has finally been granted a final resting place alongside his family in Market Harborough. Percy Arthur, who was born in Market Harborough, joined the Royal Navy 1910 and served for eight years before settling in the United States. He died in 1956, aged […]

There are renewed calls for a car park in Market Harborough to be shut after it flooded yesterday for the third time in four weeks, again leaving vehicles underwater. Harborough Council Leader Phil King has told Hfm the authority is powerless to force owners of the privately-run car-park, adjacent to the river off Rockingham Road, […]

Three men who raided ATMs across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and further afield have been ordered to pay-back over £700,000. Confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act have been granted by Leicester Crown Court after they were jailed for more than 30 years in 2018. The men, including Charlie Smith, formally of Mere Lane, Bitteswell, used […]

A cargo of sex toys worth £1m was stolen from a lorry parked overnight in a layby. The consignment was taken after the trailer was broken into on the A43, just off junction 8 of the A14 near Kettering. It happened during the early hours of September 18th, although details have just been revealed. A […]

Police say an investigation into an allegation of serious fraud at Kibworth Medical Centre is ‘on-going.’ Officers were made aware of financial irregularities at the practice in Smeeton Road, part of the South Leicestershire Medical Group, in May. The specific details of the alleged offence have not been revealed, nor the sum of cash said […]

Harborough Council is set to become one of the first authorities in the country to back a campaign aimed at reducing the impact fireworks have on pets and livestock. In response to concerns from the RSPCA and residents, a motion by Leader Phil King will put to the Full Council later this month. It includes […]

A poignant Poppy display has been created outside Market Harborough Fire Station. It features dozen of woollen poppies in the ground, either side of a silhouette of a soldier standing next to a white cross, and firefighters have also added a silhouette of a soldier leading a horse. Pupils from St Joseph’s and Farndon Fields […]

A stranger danger alert has been issued after a schoolboy was reportedly followed home in Market Harborough yesterday afternoon by a man in a van. The younger, who was riding a scooter on his way home from the Market Harborough C of E Academy, says he was followed from Leicester Road into the Alvington Way […]

A burst water main outside St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough will mean the main vehicle entrance will be shut to traffic from tomorrow morning. Severn Trent Water are set to begin repair work at 9am and diversion signs will direct people to access the site from the other entrance off Leicester Road, which leads […]

The expertise and dedication of the grounds team at Harborough Town FC has been recognised with a top award. The club has won the Community/ Grassroots Sport Club Grounds Team of The Year award, beating off competition from dozens of other clubs nationwide. The Bees say the industry-recognised accolade is down to the tireless work […]