Author: HFM News

Controlled drinking zones are set to continue in both Market Harborough and Lutterworth. The legislation means people drinking in an anti-social manner can be arrested if they fail to surrender alcohol to Police. Harborough Council is recommending a three year extension to the zones following a public consultation. The council’s Cabinet will be asked to […]

Eight stolen caravans seized after police raided an illegal travellers’ camp near Great Oxendon have been returned to their rightful owners across the UK. They were removed from land off the A508 Harborough Road last month, after more than 30 officers moved onto the site. The caravans had been stolen from places including Borehamwood in […]

Market Harborough students are celebrating good GCSE results today. At the Robert Smyth Academy the results are the best in four years, with nearly three-quarters of students achieving at least five top grades and 250 individual grades were A star and A – or 9 to 7 in the new number grades, which is double […]

The future of three under threat bus services will not be known until the end of the year. Leicestershire County Council had been due to announce the results of a review into the subsidised routes this month, but the announcement is now likely in December. It placed the number 33 town service in Market Harborough, […]

A new Post Office has opened in Market Harborough today. The branch inside the Keya News shop on Logan Street will provide services for 80 hours a week. Post Office bosses say will complement the other three branches in town and are stressing it is not a replacement for the town centre branch, which is […]

Construction of a giant electricity substation beside the railway in Braybrooke has been delayed until next Spring. Work had been due to start work anytime now on land off Harborough Road, but National Grid still needs to appoint a main contractor and address ecological aspects of the project. The facility, which will be the size […]

A motorcyclist seriously hurt in a crash on the B6047 earlier this month has died in hospital. The man in his 20s was involved in collision with two cars near the junction with Cranoe Road in Tur Langton just before 11.30am on Sunday August 4th. Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses as an investigation […]

Improvements costing around £750,000 have been made at the Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough during the summer holidays. New computers have been installed along with the redecoration of computer rooms and a new state-of-the-art floor laid in the dance and drama studio. Temporary classrooms have also been removed from the grounds to create more […]

Northamptonshire Police is to become the first force in the country to arm all its front-line officers with taser stun guns. Chief Constable Nick Adderley has taken the decision following a near 50% rise in attacks on officers in the county in the last two years – figures that are mirrored across the country. The move […]

Leicestershire Police have revealed their new fleet of emergency vehicles. The Vauxhall Insignia models have the traditional blue and yellow chequered pattern on the side, but a black bonnet. They will be used by response officers and are more powerful than the Vauxhall Astras, which they are replacing, with a two-litre engine.