Author: HFM News

Plans have been unveiled to build 40 houses on the site of a vacant factory in Desborough town centre. A mix of two, three and four bedroomed homes are proposed for the site off Gold Street, which was used by Dunkelman and Son until 2017, when they re-located to the edge of the town. Half […]

People who don’t want trick or treaters bothering them on Halloween next week are being urged to display signs on their doors. The ‘No Thanks’ posters have been produced by Police and community safety officers at Harborough Council. The other side of the eye-catching posters state trick or treaters are welcome to call on October […]

A Market Harborough school’s sports hall has been given a transformation costing £67,000. The extensive refurbishment at the Welland Park Academy has seen a state-of-the-art sprung vinyl floor installed, plus  new sports equipment and energy-saving LED lighting. The school secured grants from Harborough Council’s Section 106 scheme, that uses money from developers for community facilities, […]

The Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charity is looking for heritage projects to support. One of the biggest schemes supported by the charity in recent years was at the restoration of the Old Grammar School in 2014. Funding has also helped improve a number of churches and community halls in Market Harborough, Little Bowden and […]

A father who sexually abused his daughter, her friend and a third child, who has never been identified, has been jailed for fifteen years. The abuser, whose name is being withheld for legal reasons, to protect his victims’ identities, pleaded guilty to 23 offences relating to the abuse of the girls, who are now adults, […]

A big clean-up was needed at the Little Bowden Recreation Ground after over 50 youths held a ‘party’ there on Saturday night. Police received a number of calls about noise and general disturbance, with people reporting under-age drinking and drugs being used, and officers were sent to park. Bins had been ripped out of the […]

A Market Harborough pub wrecked by a major fire has been demolished ahead of it being rebuilt. Bulldozers moved in on Saturday to flatten The Roebuck off Rockingham Road, following the blaze late on September 6th, which was caused by an electrical fault. Work to build a new pub on the site is set to […]

Young campaigners are planning more action in and around Market Harborough to highlight the issue of climate change. They have already staged two protests in the town centre this year and following the first Harborough Council declared a ‘Climate Change Emergency.’ Oscar Gibbon, 14, who attends Welland Park Academy, is a member of the Fridays […]

Harborough’s MP says he won’t support plans for a new ‘super authority’ to cover the whole of Leicestershire. Neil O’Brien has joined the county’s other six Members of Parliament in signing a joint letter to the Leader of the County Council, Nick Rushton, who is spearheading the plan. If is went ahead all the district […]

A man in his 20s has been released under investigation after being questioned about a fatal crash at the Wistow Crossroads last month. He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving on Friday, following the collision on September 26th that claimed the life of  motorcyclist Steven Duval, who was 55 and from […]