Author: HFM News

The number of buses serving the Southern Estate in Market Harborough has been dramatically cut. A new timetable has come into force today, with operator Arriva reducing the number of its X3 services serving the estate from 26 a day to 8, with none between 10am and 4pm. A petition signed by over 360 people who […]

Work has begun to create a new multi-million pound headquarters for Market Harborough-based Joules. It will see the transformation of Compass House on Rockingham Road and the grounds, with contractors moving onto the site to start the major project, that will see part of the former holiday firm base demolished and another area extended. A […]

The brother of British film and theatre actor Alan Rickman has presented £10,500 to charity in his memory. Alan, who found international fame as the villain in Die Hard, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Snape in the Harry Potter films, died in 2016 aged 69, just three months after […]

Police have launched an investigation after a Market Harborough woman died yesterday. She sadly passed away in hospital after emergency services were called to a bungalow on Douglass Drive. Police say they are currently treating her death as ‘unexplained’ and the property remains cordoned off while investigations continue. Officers were called just after midday yesterday, after […]

A petition signed by 369 people has been handed to a bus operator, which will dramatically cut journeys serving the Southern Estate in Market Harborough from Sunday. It calls for a compromise after Arriva announced none of its X3 services will visit the estate between 10am and 4pm, following a timetable change. Those who rely […]

They’ll be plenty of laughs in Market Harborough over the next few days as the Leicester Comedy Festival comes to town for the first time! Events are taking place at various venues including Harborough Theatre, the Library & Museum and Harborough Market, which will be transformed into a theatre. Harborough Council has teamed up with […]

Work is about to begin on the major expansion of a Market Harborough business park. The £7m project will see new industrial units built on 13 acres of land at the Airfield Farm business area off Harborough Road – adjacent to the Innovation Centre. They will range in size from 1500sq feet to over 33,000sq […]

A developer has pledged to act after being issued a warning for not sticking to an agreed route for construction traffic heading to its new homes site in Kibworth. Harborough Council have received a number of complaints from villagers, relating to the David Wilson Homes site off Fleckney Road, where 195 new houses are going […]

Leicestershire County Council has agreed to make £75m worth of savings and increase its portion of council tax by 3.99% in the next financial year, which will mean most residents across Harborough paying £1 more a week. £27m of the savings are earmarked to come from efficiency savings – 75% – rather than service reductions. […]

Thieves tried to steal a purse from a shopper in the car-park of a Market Harborough supermarket yesterday. It happened at Aldi, on Springfield Street, when the woman was putting her trolley back and felt a pull on her shoulder, to find a man behind her trying to get the purse out of her bag. After […]