Author: HFM News

TV presenter and antiques specialist Kate Bliss is returning to Market Harborough next month. Kate Bliss, a regular on Bargain Hunt and Flog It, will be at the Antiques & Collectables Market in the Market Hall, on Sunday March 3rd, to offer free valuations to people. There were long queues of people wanting their treasured […]

A married couple who say they owe their lives to the Air Ambulance, after being flown to the same hospital in separate incidents, are the faces of the charity’s Valentine fundraising campaign. Stacey Price suffered serious injuries when he car crashed and overturned down a hill on the A427 near Dingley in July 2011 – […]

A luxury shoe manufacturer has been given the go-ahead to open a new distribution base and factory shop in Market Harborough. Loake Shoemakers, based in Kettering, will spend over £100,000 converting the former Heavenly Feet premises, on the Three Manors Retail Park, off Rockingham Road, after being granted planning permission for the venture, which will […]

A plea for new pedestrian crossings in Kibworth has been turned down by highways bosses. They had been requested for outside the Co-Op on the High Street and outside the Kibworth School on Smeeton Road, by the Parish Councils. Leicestershire County Council say accident figures, the number of pedestrians recorded over a week period, together […]

A new bid to catch litter louts, flytippers and those who fail to clean up after their pets across Harborough is to set to be launched. The Council wants to employ a dedicated Environmental Crime Civil Enforcement Officer. They would be used to patrol flytipping hotspots, in a bid to catch illegal dumpers, target people […]

New homes for people hoping to get on the housing ladder are set for Saddington after Harborough Council sold a piece of surplus land to Waterloo Housing Group. It will provide access to a site already owned by the housing association, enabling them to build affordable homes for shared ownership. Cllr James Hallam, HarboroughCouncil’s portfolio […]

A scheme between police, bank and Post Office staff has prevented people across Leicestershire being scammed out of more than £500,000 in a year. The Banking Protocol trains them to spot when someone is about to fall victim by contacting the police immediately. A number of potential fraud victims in Market Harborough have been protected, […]

Police have seized a machete with a 12-inch blade from an address in Market Harborough. Officers discovered the weapon while attempting to locate a suspect at a house in Welland Park Road this morning. Pc Paul Farrar told Hfm: “Taking this weapon off the streets has prevented it being used to cause serious harm to […]

Increased Police patrols are continuing on the Southern Estate in Market Harborough, following a spate of crime in recent weeks. Plans are also being considered to install  CCTV in the area of the shops on Western Avenue, which would be linked to Harborough Council’s central control room, monitored in Market Harborough. Cash was stolen from […]

A new high-tech monitoring station has been installed alongside the A6 in Kibworth in an area where pollution levels are dangerously high. It will enable Harborough Council to obtain more accurate real-time data of carbon monoxide levels, caused by vehicle fumes, which are consistently breaching health guidelines on a stretch of Leicester Road. An average […]