Author: HFM News

The parking machine stolen from a car park in Lutterworth last month has been found dumped in a field. It is too badly damaged to be used again though, after it was smashed out of the ground in the Church Close car park by a vehicle. There was no cash in the machine at the […]

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after thieves stole power tools from a van in Market Harborough in broad daylight. Sanders and drills  were among items taken from the Renault van while it was parked in the car park off Doddridge Road between 1.45pm and 2.30pm on Wednesday. The thieves drilled a hole in […]

A driver was taken to hospital after a two-car crash on the A508 between Market Harborough and Great Oxendon this morning. The woman was cut out of the wreckage of a Mercedes by fire crews, who were called to the entrance to Waterloo Cottage Farm, just before 6.45am. Police – who closed the road for […]

Plans have been announced for 350 new homes on the outskirts of Market Harborough. Persimmon Homes is behind the proposal for land east of Blackberry Grange, off Northampton Road. The land in question is identified for housing development in Harborough Council’s proposed local plan, although it warns of the potential for it to increase traffic […]

Emergency services say a driver has a lucky escape after his car was involved in collision with a lorry on the A14 near Kelmarsh this morning. The man was released from the wreckage by fire crews who were called to the eastbound carriageway near Junction 2 at 7.45am, together with Police and the Air Ambulance. […]

A campaign is getting underway to save Market Harborough’s Town Centre Post Office. Hfm revealed earlier this week the branch in St Mary’s Place could shut in April. Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has written to the Chief Executive of the Post Office seeking an urgent meeting with him about the future of the service. And […]

A man’s been charged with five sex attacks against women in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Police say four of the victims reported being raped, another woman says she was assaulted. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2009 and 2014. 53 year-old Jason Lawrance, from Liphook in Hampshire, is due before Nottingham Magistrates’ Court […]

Tributes are being paid to the man who sadly died at Foxton Locks on Sunday afternoon. John Hatter, who was 82, had been at the Foxton Locks Inn for Sunday lunch, where he was a regular, before he fell into the canal, after it’s believed he became ill. Mr Hatter had lived in Foxton for […]

A man’s been charged with drink driving after a Police car was rammed in Desborough. It happened on New Street when a vehicle reversed at speed into the patrol car. No-body was injured in the incident just before 8pm on Friday evening – the 32-year-old from Rushden is due before Magistrates.

Plans to build a house on land behind the Black Horse Pub in Foxton have been given the go-ahead despite objections from villagers. Over 80 expressed concern about the development – involving the demolition of a garage – because it’s in a conservation area and would see a reduction in car parking spaces. Resident representatives […]