Author: HFM News

Police and the Fire Service are teaming up to remind parents of the dangers of bad parking outside schools in Desborough. It follows concerns emergency vehicles would not be able to get past, because of the way some cars are being left. The joint patrols, which will initially see advice given to drivers, are taking […]

Plans have been announced for another Classic Car Show in Market Harborough, after it attracted over 26,000 visitors last summer! It’ll be held in the town centre on Sunday July 7th and registrations are now open for people who want to take their cars, motorbikes and scooters along. They’ll also be stalls and activities, plus […]

A Market Harborough teenager has been selected to represent his country in roller-hockey. Vinnie Graziano, 13,  secured his place in the Under-16s Team GB squad after stand-out performances at a number of trials. The Robert Smyth Academy student – who plays goalkeeper – will now travel to Italy this summer to play in the European […]

Market Harborough’s Waitrose supermarket is ‘safe’ after the firm announced one of its Leicestershire stores is to close. The branch in Blaby is one of five shutting across the UK. The announcement today comes as staff bonuses at John Lewis and Waitrose have been slashed to the lowest level in 66 years after a “challenging” […]

Villagers in Great Bowden say they feel ‘under-siege’ from roadworks, as from Monday there will be restrictions on all roads in and out of the village. Temporary traffic lights are in-force on Leicester Lane and Great Bowden Road for several more weeks, and Dingley Road is to be completely closed to traffic for 14 days from […]

Market Harborough is set to get its first official coach park in a bid to attract more tourists. Harborough Council has bought a parcel of land adjacent to the Market Hall Car Park off Northampton Road. Subject to planning permission, it’ll create a new car-park there, with spaces for coaches and around 30 cars. The […]

Owners are Toyota Prius cars are being warned they are being targeted for their catalytic converters. 20 have been stolen across Leicestershire in the past four weeks. Police say it’s linked to an increase in the price of the precious metals contained inside them, with the older generation of the Toyota model particularly vulnerable. Detective […]

A man has been jailed for six months for endangering the lives of the Police Helicopter crew based in Husbands Bosworth, by shining a green laser pen into the cockpit. Voyslav Dimitrov, 29, from Wellingborough, Northants, forced them to abandon their search for a group of men armed with knives, after the pilot took evasive […]

The go-ahead was given last night for a new homes across the Harborough District. Harborough Council’s planning committee approved plans for a new estate of 30 houses on land adjacent to Knights Close and Welford Road in Husbands Bosworth, which will see a mix of two to four-bedroomed homes and ten ‘affordable’ homes. Meanwhile, developer Bloor […]

Police have issued a warning after teenagers were seen cycling down the fast lane of the A6 bypass – towards on-coming traffic. Officers received numerous calls about the group who were on the section between Kibworth and Great Glen, just after 6pm on Monday. Officers say they could easily have been struck by a vehicle […]