Author: HFM News

A motorcyclist has been left with life-changing injuries after a head-on collision with a car yesterday afternoon near Cold Ashby. The female rider was airlifted to hospital from the scene on West Haddon Road following the crash that happened just after 3.30. Northamptonshire Police say the bike crossed onto the wrong side of the road […]

Burglars have caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage after smashing part of a stained glass window to get into All Saints Church in Scraptoft. It happened sometime last night or in the early hours of today. Harborough Police say it not thought anything was stolen from inside the church although there will be a […]

Fourteen people have been jailed for a total of 69 years after a teenager was shot at the Greenfields Travellers site, between Great Oxendon and Braybrooke, in 2016. It follows two trials, which we can only now report on, due to legal restrictions. The 17-year old-boy suffered life changing injuries in the shoot-out, including punctured […]

A teenager has been given a suspended jail term for his part in a savage attack on a taxi driver in Kibworth, that left him with a smashed eye-socket, jaw and cheekbone. Joe Connors, 19, and a second man, who has not been traced, attacked the male driver outside the Railway Arms late on August […]

A charity has produced a new transport guide for the Harborough District. VASL came up with the idea after bus cuts in some areas and many people not knowing what alternative transport is available to them. 5,000 of the free guides – will be left at doctor’s surgeries, community buildings and the Council offices. The […]

Market Harborough’s branch of Thomas Cook will shut later this month. The travel firm has confirmed May 22nd will be the last day of business at the shop in St Mary’s Place. It was announced in March it was one of 21 branches being closed across the country as part of cost-cutting plans. The company […]

The Conservatives have retained control of Harborough District Council, with a slightly reduced majority, following yesterday’s election. They secured 22 of the 34 seat up for grabs, the Liberal Democrats won 11 and Labour 1. The Liberal Democrats picked up 2 extra seats, having previously held 9, while it’s the first time Labour have had […]

A man and two teenage boys have been questioned by Police after a spate of burglaries in Lutterworth on Wednesday. The 26 year old and youths, aged 15 and 16, were arrested following information passed by members of the public after a house in Greenacres Drive was targeted. Officers are also investigating burglaries in Swiftway […]

Police are to put up posters in Market Harborough as they step up their efforts to identify a man who died in a fire at the Justin Park travellers’ site last year. Officers released a picture of the man last month in the hope somebody would recognise him, but as yet no-one has come forward with […]

Construction work on a new headquarters for Market Harborough-based retail giant Joules has entered its second phase. Demolition work has started on the Compass House, the former base of Travelsphere, off Rockingham Road, which is being partially flattened as part of the multi-million pound development. When complete in roughly a year’s time, the complex will […]