Author: HFM News

Harborough Town Football Club is urging members and parents to consider where they park, after a number of cars were issued with parking tickets on Sunday. Council enforcement officers visited the car parking area shared with the rugby club off Northampton Road, as well as at the Leisure Centre, following concerns about safety. Fixed penalty […]

Police have deployed a knife-arch at Market Harborough railway station as part of a campaign to tackle knife-crime. The metal detector has been set-up in the booking office as passengers head to and from platforms. The action is in support of Operation Sceptre – a week-long national campaign to target those carrying knives. Sgt Pete […]

A taxi driver left blinded in one eye after an attack in Houghton On The Hill on Christmas Day is appealing for people who saw what happened to speak to Police. Sujan Pal, 39, who has been forced to leave his job after being a cabbie for 12 years, was punched in the face outside […]

The government is to decide whether or not a safe foot and cycle path can be built between Lubenham and Market Harborough, in memory of a 13-year-old boy, who was killed while cycling to school. The 12-year campaign by the family of Adam Mugridge received a massive boost last September, when highway bosses officially recognised […]

A Market Harborough man is preparing for a 12-day trek through mountains to raise money for two charities very close to his heart. Charles Barton will climb around 12,000 feet to the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal next month. He and his wife set-up a charity that built and continues to run a centre for […]

‘Urban Explorers’ have entered the former Cottage Hospital in Market Harborough. Pictures have been posted on-line showing the empty former wards, treatment rooms and offices inside the Coventry Road building, which closed in 2017.    The building is due to be demolished later this year to make way for a new care home. Developers say […]

A petrol station worker has been injured after being hit by a car – the driver of which had filled up  without paying. The woman was taken to hospital with leg and facial injuries after trying to stop the blue Audi RS6 from leaving the forecourt of the Lutterworth Ford/Texaco Garage on Leicester Road, Lutterworth. […]

Work is nearing completion on the first part of the massive expansion of Market Harborough. The first area of new houses has been built on Airfield Farm off Leicester Road, with the first show home set to open in a few weeks’ time. Breheny Civil Engineering, who are carrying out the infrastructure works on the […]

A new initiative could save residents across Harborough up to £200 a year on their energy bills. Harborough Council’s ‘Collective Switching’ scheme will see suppliers bidding against each to provide the lowest tariffs on a group basis. The more people that sign up, the better the deal is likely to be. Councillor Jonathan Bateman, portfolio […]

Two under-threat bus services will continue to run until at least until the summer. Leicestershire County Council has granted a short extension to its current contract with Centre Bus, who run the number 33 town service in Market Harborough and the 44, that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney, which was due to end […]