Author: HFM News

Controversial plans to remove school transport for some disabled teenagers across Leicestershire will go ahead. It’s after parents lost a legal challenge against the County Council, after claiming the move was unlawful. From next September, taxis and minibuses for 16-18 year olds with special educational needs will be withdrawn, with families instead given a budget […]

Signs asking people to report suspicious activity following incidents of illegal sheep butchery have been given to farmers and landowners to put up on their land. A number of sheep have been killed in fields, including in Clipston, Kelmarsh and Swinford over the past few weeks and on Sunday night nine were killed in a […]

There is major opposition to plans to demolish elderly people’s bungalows and flats to make way for 39 new houses in Market Harborough. Over 50 people have contacted Harborough Council lodging their objections to the controversial proposal for Naseby Square on the Southern Estate, which would see nine bungalows and eight flats demolished. Concerns include […]

A convicted serial rapist has been found guilty of further sex attacks including one on a woman in a remote wood near Dingley ten years ago. Jason Lawrance wrapped a belt around her neck during the assault an area known as Bluebell Woods in February 2009 after meeting her on match.com. The 54 year old, […]

A vet suspended for four months for kicking and stamping on a dog will not return to work at Vets 4 Pets in Market Harborough. The company says it has terminated its working relationship with Jatinder Dhami, who was also a Partner in the practice at the Springfield Retail Park. The firm, part of Pets […]

An inquest has been held today into the deaths of two men who died in a fire at the Justin Park Travellers’ site near Market Harborough. The bodies of Polish national Krzyszstof Brodzik, who was 46, and another man, believed to be Zibigniew Konkol, although who has never been officially identified, were found by firefighters […]

Consideration is to be given into installing average speed cameras on the stretch of the A6 bypass labelled a ‘race-track’ by Police. A number of drivers have been caught travelling at over 100 miles per hour between Great Glen and Kibworth during checks by officers over the past few months. Leader of Harborough Council Phil […]

Organisers of Market Harborough’s Arts Fresco have confirmed the event will return to the town centre this September. The popular street arts festival, one of only two of its kind in the country, wasn’t held last year, but will be back on Sunday September 15th. Volunteers organising it have secured most of the funding to […]

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a stolen bank card was used at a service station in Desborough. The incident at the BP in Bear Way happened between 9.30pm on Friday, May 24th and 10am on Saturday, May 25th Anyone with information should call Northamptonshire Police […]

Market Harborough-based charity VASL is urging elderly residents in the Harborough district to check if they’re eligible for Guaranteed Pension Credit. It’s after the government announced that people over 75 will no longer get a free TV licence unless they’re claiming it. As well as allowing you to keeping your free licence, and certain other […]