Author: HFM News

Harborough youngsters have put their artistic talents on show by designing banners encouraging and promoting walking, cycling and staying safe on the ‘school run’. They have produced banners which are now taking pride of place at their school gates as part of the Leicestershire County Council scheme. The Market Harborough C of E, Ridgeway and […]

A bid to attract new businesses to South Leicestershire has been launched today. ‘Invest in Harborough District’ has a dedicated website and a promotional video has been produced, to showcase the area and encourage businesses in other parts of the UK to consider relocating to the District. Harborough Council unveiled the campaign at an event […]

Potholes and damaged surfaces on several roads will be repaired this month. Leicestershire County Council Highways has announced ‘carriageway patching’ will be carried out on Farndon Road, Lathkill Street, Western Avenue, Fairfax Road, Holly Close and Park Drive in Market Harborough, as well as Marsh Drive, Station Street and Church Road in Kibworth. Road closures […]

Two people have been taken to hospital after a serious crash on the B6047 just outside Market Harborough. One had to be cut free from the wreckage of a vehicle by fire crews. It happened just before 11am between the Innovation Centre roundabout and the Gartree/Great Bowden Crossroads. Two fire crews – four ambulances and […]

The plan for 2,750 new homes on a massive area of land next to the M1 near Lutterworth is a step closer today. A planning application for the new town development, on 516 acres of fields, has been handed to Harborough Council. It includes two primary schools, employment sites, a country park and other community facilities, […]

A thief stole an elderly woman’s handbag while she was in Market Harborough café bar yesterday. It contained a large sum of money that the 70-year-old had just withdrawn from the Market Harborough Building Society, medication, asthma inhalers, two mobile phones and other items, including a small black book, that she had written down the […]

Concerns have been raised about mental health services across Leicestershire. A health watchdog say long waiting times are unacceptable – meaning people are not getting treatment at a time ‘when they needed it most’. Children with ADHD and autism are waiting up to two years for treatment, and 500 people were waiting for a routine […]

Construction has begun on the major expansion of a business park in Market Harborough – which is expected to create more than 200 jobs. Leicestershire County Council is spending £5.2m on the development, on land at Airfield Business Park, adjacent to the Harborough Innovation Centre off Leicester Road, which will offer a range of industrial […]

A fire that destroyed a car on the driveway a house in Sutton Bassett was started deliberately. Police say two people set the Land Rover Discovery alight and it’s believed they drove off in a white or silver Ford Transit Van. The blaze would have spread to the house on Main Street, but for the […]

A Market Harborough man who stole an 80-year-old woman’s handbag while she was waiting for a bus has been jailed for over a year. CCTV footage showed Tommy Rooney preyed on the pensioner last month, following her around Peterborough City Centre for 40 minutes after she had withdrawn cash from an ATM. After he got […]