Author: HFM News

The future of a Post Office in Market Harborough Town Centre remains in doubt, as no new premises have yet been found to house the branch. The current one inside the GT News Shop in St Mary’s Place is set to shut in July. Post Office bosses say while discussions continue with those who have […]

The billionaire who has bought a controlling stake in struggling retailer Bonmarche is warning of ‘material’ job losses. Philip Day, who also owns Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Peacocks, now has a 52% stake in the womenswear chain, and says under-performing stores could close. Bonmarche has more than 300 shops across the UK, including one in […]

A legal fight challenging the decision to take away school transport for some disabled children across Leicestershire begins today. The Judicial Review, taking place in Birmingham, will argue it breaches both Human Rights and the Equality Act. Leicestershire County Council will stop providing minibuses and taxis for over 400 children, aged 16 to 18, from September, […]

Major work to lay new water pipes across Market Harborough will start next week. The first phase of the £2m project will be on Rockingham Road, between the railway bridge and Valley Way, although there will be no impact on traffic. At the end of this month, work will begin on Kettering Road, where it […]

Harborough Council has been handed an award by the Leicester Comedy Festival, in recognition of the successful ‘Big Weekend’ event in February, which attracted hundreds of people. It organised acts to perform at Harborough Market and other venues, including the Angel Hotel, Beerhouse and Duncan Murray Wines, so local people could enjoy a flavour of the festival without having […]

Plans to build homes on the site of a fencing company in Great Bowden are set to be rejected. Harborough Council officers say the proposal for the Bowden Fencing site on Leicester Lane goes against the village’s neighbourhood plan, because it would result in the loss of land in commercial use. Councillors, who will consider […]

A car was stolen after a number of men burst into a house in Lutterworth in broad daylight and demanded the keys. The VW Golf was then driven off the driveway of the property on Douglas Bader Drive, shortly after 1.30pm on Sunday. Police, who found the vehicle abandoned in Coventry later in the day, […]

After the success of the first event of its kind in Market Harborough last year, ‘Holistic Harborough’ is returning – and will take place three times in 2019! Celebrating vegan, veggie and gluten-free food and all things holistic – it’ll see stalls set up on the Square on Saturday April 13th and in June and […]

A village has shown its support for a new cycle and footpath to be built in memory of a 13-year-old boy. Around 70 people gathered and walked some of the proposed route – along the old railway line – between Lubenham and Market Harborough. The event was attended by Adam’s family and Harborough MP Neil […]

A teenager has been found guilty of his part in a vicious attack on a taxi driver in Kibworth. Joe Connors, 19, punched the man in the face outside the Railway Arms – breaking his jaw – after leaving his cab without paying, together with three others late on August 11th last year. Another man […]