Author: HFM News

East Midlands Trains will continue to run services through Market Harborough until at least August. The firm has been handed a 24-week extension to its current franchise, which was due to end next month. Stagecoach, the owner of East Midlands Trains, is one of four companies to have applied to run services on the Midland […]

The scale of disruption the replacement water pipes in Market Harborough will cause has been revealed. The work will see several roads shut while three miles of new pipes are laid. The longest closure will be on Rockingham Road, which will shut for seven weeks by the railway bridge, from August 12th. It will also […]

A man has been charged with various offences after a Police pursuit in Market Harborough yesterday afternoon. John Bellamy, 52, from Nuneaton, is accused of failing to stop for Police, driving with no insurance and 3 counts of driving off from petrol stations without paying. He was arrested on Welland Park Road after a Renault […]

The Fernie Hunt has raised over £10,000 for the Air Ambulance by holding charity events and a bucket collection at the Boxing Day meet in Great Bowden. It’s the biggest donation ever handed over by the group, which has pledged to continue to support the cause. Spokesman Philip Cowen told Hfm the Air Ambulance is […]

There are renewed fears two local bus services could be axed in four months’ time. It is still not known if the 33 town service in Market Harborough, and the 44 that links the town with Foxton and Fleckney, will continue after the current contract ends in June. The Save Our Bus Services campaign handed […]

People can find out more later today about the major work starting later this month to replace water pipes in Market Harborough. Severn Trent are hosting an exhibition at the Methodist Church on Northampton Road between 4pm and 7pm detailing the plans. The £2m scheme to replace three miles of pipes, some over 60 years […]

A woman is warning how quickly a fire can spread after a blaze at her house in Braybrooke. The fire in Church Close was started by a nine volt battery that had somehow made its way into a dog bed and exploded. Together with her Mum, Terrie Cowley, was able to put out the fire […]

Police are appealing for information after a crash near Wistow on Friday afternoon left a man seriously injured. It believed the blue Land Rover Defender collided with the bridge over the river on Station Road, before crashing off the road and ending up in a ditch. The 49-year-old driver was airlifted to hospital from the […]

The owner of a business burgled 15 times in a year says he won’t let the thieves force him to shut. Frank Beale, who owns Frank Beale Vehicle Dismantlers, based on the old Desborough Airfield, has had equipment totaling over £15,000 stolen in the past 12 months. The latest raid last week saw intruders steal […]

The Kitchen Range Cookshop in Market Harborough has been crowned Britain’s best independent cookshop! It has beaten off competition from dozens of others to picked up the title at the Housewares Innovation Awards, run by the publisher of Housewares Magazine. The Church Street shop, run by Andy Johnston and his daughter Jade, has been trading […]