Author: HFM News

Rockingham Road in Market Harborough is to re-open to traffic later this week, as work under the railway bridge will be completed more than a week ahead of schedule. It’s been shut since last month to allow Severn Trent Water to connect new water pipes, with the closure causing long delays for drivers on diversion […]

Work is due to start this week to re-surface car parks in Market Harborough. It is due to take around four weeks, with individual car parks closed for between three and seven days while it takes place. Harborough Council says access for deliveries and businesses will still be possible during the closures. The work is […]

Firefighters rescued a man after a fire broke out in a house in Market Harborough early on Saturday. They were alerted to the blaze in Bath Street just after midnight, after a neighbour heard the smoke alarm and saw smoke coming out of the letter box. The man was led to safety and treated at […]

A new company has taken over running trains through Market Harborough. Abellio will operate the franchise for eight years under the name East Midlands Railway – or ‘EMR’ – taking over from East Midlands Trains. The Dutch-owned company is pledging £600m worth of improvements, including introducing new high-speed trains, which will be able to run […]

Police are concerned for the welfare of a man who has been missing since yesterday. David Hodgkinson, who is 47, failed to return to his home in Houghton On The Hill, after leaving work in East Langton at around 1pm. Officers say his car, a grey Citroen DS3, travelled along the A6 towards Oadby, close […]

The popular village shop and tea room in Great Bowden is up for sale. Weltons, which is also a Post Office, has been owned and run by Nicky Ransome for the past ten years, but she now wants to hand-over the successful business to someone new, ideally a local couple. The shop is on the […]

Harborough’s MP is demanding a re-think of the major development plan that would see an expressway road pass near several local villages. Neil O’Brien says he cannot support it in its current form. The scheme has been designed to accommodate 180,000 new homes in Leicestershire over the next 30 years although no exact route for […]

Plans have been unveiled for a new housing estate in Medbourne. 21 homes are earmarked for land off Hallaton Road, with a mix of two to four-bedroom properties. Developers have handed a planning application to Harborough Council.  

A man has been released on bail after being questioned about a hammer attack in Market Harborough town centre. Police say the incident happened on the High Street on Wednesday evening and the victim, aged 42, then went to an address at Edwin Court, on Kettering Road. Officers were alerted by the East Midlands Ambulance […]

There are calls today for better planning during the remainder of the water pipe renewal project in Market Harborough. It’s as drivers continue to face long delays after temporary traffic lights were installed on a route being used as a diversion because of the on-going closure of Rockingham Road. The restrictions at the Gores Lane/Kettering […]