Author: HFM News

A cat has been found dead inside a cage in the canal near Newton Harcourt. The RSPCA believe the black male cat may have been alive before it was dumped in the water, and believe that could have happened recently. A member of the public, who was magnet fishing in the Grand Union Canel off […]

Community projects across Harborough have been given a cash boost totalling over £640,000. The grants have been handed out by Harborough Council, using money provided by developers who have built homes locally to go towards community facilities. Those to benefit are: The Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough – given £370,000 towards a new all-weather […]

Tributes are being paid to popular Market Harborough man who died suddenly last week. Stevan Preocanin, who was 61, was discovered collapsed in Symington Way, a route he often took home, last Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been described as a ‘wonderful, happy, hard-working lovely man’ by his wife, […]

Police are still holding two men who were arrested on suspicion of being involved in illegal sheep butchery, after ten sheep were killed in a field near Welford on Sunday night. Northamptonshire Police say officers responded to a report of suspicious activity in a field and discovered an offence in progress. Shortly afterwards a vehicle […]

One of Market Harborough’s biggest employers is holding its first ever charity month – to raise cash for a host of charities. It follows the success of previous charity weeks held by Joules which last year raised 40 thousand pounds. Activities will include a team from the fashion retailer’s HQ cycling nearly 2000 kilometes on […]

Both Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Police are planning a number of enforcement and engagement activities as part of a national week of action to target Wildlife and Rural Crime beginning today. Officers will be working with other agencies on a number of operations targeting criminals operating in isolated locations. That will include patrols in areas which […]

The Department For Transport is being asked to provide cash to improve cycle storage facilities at Market Harborough Railway Station. East Midlands Railway has submitted a bid to set-up a ‘Cycle Hub’ which would provide around 100 extra spaces for cycles. The facility would also offer secure, covered storage and be monitored by CCTV. It […]

BT is proposing to remove a number of phone boxes across the HFM region, because no-one is using them. Kiosks in Smeeton Westerby, Gartree, Maidwell, Gilmorton, Broughton Astley, Lutterworth and Welford are among those set to go. Not a single call has been been made from some of the payphones during the past year. If […]

A man has died after a crash on the M1 near Lutterworth this morning. He was driving a silver BMW X3 that was involved in a collision with a lorry on the southbound carriageway just after junction 20 at 7am. A man aged 51, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. […]

No further action is to be taken against three people arrested after a teenager was reportedly held against his will at a house in Kibworth Harcourt. Armed Police were involved in arresting two men and a woman at a property in Barnard’s Way in July. Officers have taken the decision after further enquiries were carried […]