Author: HFM News

A call will be made next week for Leicestershire County Council to declare a Climate Emergency. If backed by members, it would mean the Authority following others up and down the country, in pledging to do more to tackle climate change and work towards being carbon neutral by 2030. A protest was held outside Harborough […]

Leicestershire Police has been given an extra £1.4m to tackle serious violence. It’s part of Home Office cash totaling over 12 million that is being handed to 18 Police forces worst affected by the issue across the country. Home Secretary, Sajid Javid said: “I’ve been doing everything in my power to ensure we have the […]

The owner of East Midlands Trains has launched legal action against the Department For Transport. It’s after Stagecoach was disqualified from bidding to continue running rail services through Market Harborough, in a row over pensions rules. Stagecoach said it could have been left with liabilities of £1.6bn if it had agreed to accept pension risks. Dutch […]

Town holiday firm Travelsphere has been announced as the main sponsor of this year’s Market Harborough carnival. It means organisers will be able to put on more fun activities on Saturday June 8th, and be able to make bigger donations to charity. The theme of the Carnival this year is ‘A Moment In Time’ and […]

A schools’ Academy Trust says it will face tough choices and difficult decisions over the next few years because of funding pressures. Discovery School Academy Trust runs Farndon Fields in Market Harborough and Kibworth Primary Schools, plus 11 others across Leicestershire and Rutland. It says increasing staff costs because of wage rises and pension contributions […]

A Market Harborough pub has been refused permission to change signage and lighting outside. Harborough Council say the move at the Kings Head on Church Street would have an adverse impact on the grade 2 listed premises, which lies in a conservation area. Planning officers have refused an application for the change, which would have […]

Market Harborough-based fashion retailer Joules has named a senior executive at Asda as its the new Chief Executive. Nick Jones will join the company from his position as a member of the supermarket’s executive board, where he is responsible for the performance of the grocer’s trading divisions across food, general merchandise and George. Mr Jones, who […]

A planning application is being prepared for a new car and coach park in Market Harborough town centre. It’s after the Council completed the purchase of a parcel of land adjacent to the Market Hall Car Park off Northampton Road from supermarket Sainsburys. There would be spaces for coaches and around 30 cars if permission […]

People say they are being turned away from the walk-in Urgent Care Centre at the St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough. A number have told HFM they have arrived to be told they need an appointment before they can be seen, which needs to be booked via the NHS 111 number. Some have then travelled […]

Harborough Councillor Phil Knowles will continue as leader as the Opposition Liberal Democrat group on Harborough Council. It follows last week’s election that saw the party increase their majority on the authority by two seats. Cllr Knowles, who has served on the Council since 2010, received unanimous backing from fellow group members for him to […]