Author: HFM News

Plans to make changes to the re-development of a derelict site in the centre of Kibworth have been turned down. Developers, who were handed permission last year to convert the former Rose and Crown pub on Leicester Road into houses and flats, and build nine homes in the grounds, wanted to change the lay-out of […]

Harborough Police Sergeant Pete Jelbert is in training for the biggest fundraising challenge he’s ever undertaken – the ‘Race to the Stones’ Ultra Marathon, which will see him running 32 miles one day and 30 the following day. Pete, from Market Harborough, a keen runner, who has worked for Leicestershire Police for nearly 24 years, […]

A fundraising drive to help a Market Harborough dance school owner battling cancer has smashed its original target of £800. Over £1,300 has now been raised for Sophie Williams, who is isolation in hospital, awaiting a major 14-hour life-saving operation. The fundraiser was launched to buy some kind of laptop/tablet computer with unlimited internet access, […]

The British Heart Foundation is hoping to set-up a new fundraising and support group in Market Harborough. The charity says over 9,000 people are living with cardiovascular disease across the district. Hannah Pennock is the area Fundraising Manager: The charity, which raises money for lifesaving research, already runs similar successful groups in other parts of […]

A rare copy of the Beatles’ first album will be auctioned for charity in Market Harborough, after being unearthed in Desborough. The stereo edition of Please Please Me, on Parlophone Record, was discovered by auctioneer Mark Gilding, after it was donated to Marlow House Community Centre in Desborough, as part of a house clearance. At the […]

New concerns are being expressed about air pollution in Kibworth after a study claimed traffic pollution could be linked to 1 in 5 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK. It found exposure to nitrogen dioxide, caused by vehicle fumes, appears to be a “substantial” risk factor. Levels on a section of the A6 Leicester […]

The Board of Directors at the diocese of Leicester Academies Trust have resigned en-masse It follows a meeting between the Trust and Bishop of Leicester yesterday concerning Swinford Primary School. Parents say they have lost confidence in the trust and its board over the proposed redundancy of the headteacher for financial reasons which has prompted […]

A Market Harborough shop owner says his trade is worse than during the recession a decade ago. Duncan Murray, of Duncan Murray Wines on Adam and Eve Street, says his takings have dropped 10% in the past year and other retailers are also suffering. New figures show Harborough has seen 12 shop closures in the […]

Work to lay three miles of new water pipes across Market Harborough is about to start and a full timetable of the works has now been released to Hfm. The first phase of the year-long project by Severn Trent, costing £2m will be on Rockingham Road – between the railway bridge and Valley Way, which […]

An investigation is underway after a barn was badly damaged by fire in the village of Laughton. Firefighters from Market Harborough were called to Gumley Road just before 6.30pm yesterday and found the metal structure, that contained hay and straw, well alight when they arrived. They quickly dealt with the blaze to prevent it spreading […]