Author: HFM News

A woman was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill following an incident in Market Harborough yesterday afternoon. Police were called to a house in King’s Road just after 4pm, following reports somebody was armed with a knife inside. Officers armed with taser stun-guns were among those sent to the scene. The woman, in […]

A van stolen on Friday has been recovered, thanks to eagle-eyed villagers in Hallaton. The white Mercedes Sprinter was spotted parked up in the village, after being taken from Kilby in the early hours. Some people had heard the appeal for sightings of the van, that was made on Hfm, and alerted the owner to […]

Another offensive weapon has been taken off the streets after Police seized a large truncheon from a house in Houghton On The Hill. It was discovered while officers were making an arrest over the weekend. Last week a machete was discovered and seized at a property on Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, while officers were […]

A major project to replace three miles of aging metal water pipes in Market Harborough with new plastic ones has begun today. Severn Trent Water is working under the railway bridge on Rockingham Road, which is closed to traffic for up to a week. Engineers are digging trial holes to determine exactly which route the […]

The former finance boss of a Market Harborough holiday firm that went bust has been disqualified from being a Director of any company for eleven years. Jamie Tann (37) used £714,000, belonging to Diamond Shortbreak Holidays, to pay into his own bank account and that of a third party, by creating false payment requests. He […]

Market Harborough’s Town Centre Post Office is safe until at least the middle of July. A three-month extension to the branch inside the GT News Shop in St Mary’s Place has been granted, while discussions continue with those who have expressed an interest in taking on the service. It had been due to shut in […]

The chimes have been silenced and time is standing still at the St Dionyisus Church in Market Harborough, after the clock broke again. It was out of action for over three months last year, although started ticking and sounding again before Christmas following repairs and restoration work. The same problem  with the 117-year-old mechanism has […]

The building of 600 new homes on the edge of Market Harborough has moved a step closer, after planning bosses finally signed off the plan. They will go up on 88 acres of fields off Kettering Road at Clack Hill, stretching towards Braybrooke, together with a primary school, doctors surgery and community centre. Improvements to […]

A van was stolen from outside at house on Fleckney Road, Kilby, overnight and there is an appeal today for sightings of it. The white Mercedes Sprinter has the ‘Kilworth Flooring & Furnishings’ livery on it. The registration number of the van is LR15 FSP – anyone who has seen it should call Police on […]

A teenage drug dealer caught red handed in Market Harborough has been jailed for two years. Anfernee Duke was found with several wraps of crack cocaine and heroin when Police raided the hotel room he was staying in on October 1st last year. The 18-year-old was arrested at the Travelodge on Abbey Street, where officers […]