Author: HFM News

A cyclist left paralysed from the chest down after a crash at an blackspot is urging drivers to slow down. Steven Lee was waiting at the Shearsby Crossroads on the A5199 when a speeding motorist smashed into another car, which then hit him, leaving him unconscious. The 48-year-old spent six months in hospital after being […]

A Market Harborough man whose enthusiasm for cycling is described as ‘amazing’ has been shortlisted in the Unsung Hero category of the BBC’s Sport Personality of the Year awards. Dean Barnett is one of three finalists from the East Midlands, recognising his tireless voluntary work with the Welland Valley Cycling Club. He dedicates hundreds of hours […]

Joules – one of Market Harborough’s biggest employers, has been handed planning permission for its new multi-million pound headquarters in Market Harborough. It’ll see major changes made to Compass House on Rockingham Road, which the fashion and homeware retailer bought for over £4m, earlier this year. Work, which will include creating a two-storey car park […]

Burglars have stolen a large amount of cash from a bungalow in Dingley. They forced open a rear window to get into the home on Harborough Road sometime between 9am and 12.30pm yesterday. Police are appealing for information – anyone who saw suspicious persons or vehicles in the area is urged to call Northamptonshire Police […]

A man caught red-handed by Police stealing a bottle of gin from Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough has been given a 12-week suspended jail sentence. Gary Parker was arrested outside the Springfield Street store by officers in plain clothes, during an operating targeting shoplifters in September. The 32-year-old of Jubilee Gardens, appeared before Leicester Magistrates and […]

The go-ahead’s been given for a Mediterranean Restaurant to open in the former Goodmans electrical shop in Market Harborough. Planning permission has been granted for the change of use of the building on St Mary’s Road. Murat Demirdag, the owner of Venetos Restaurant and Pizza Man in town, is set to spend around £250,000 on […]

Over 150 new houses could be built near Gartree Prison. The Ministry Of Justice is set to sell land it owns off Gallowfield Road for the new estate. Details were revealed at a meeting last night with around 60 residents, hosted by Harborough Council at Foxton Primary School. The development could be completed by Midlands […]

It’s feared as many as 180 police officers could be lost in Leicestershire, if a controversial new Government pensions policy goes ahead. Chief Constable Simon Cole says it would leave the force with an unexpected £8m bill over the next two years. He fears he won’t be able to find that money without further reducing officer […]

Traders in Market Harborough’s Church Street are to get lit small Christmas Trees above their shops and money to help decorate their windows this festive season. The announcement was made to them by Council Leader Neil Bannister, at a meeting last night. It was called after the outcry that the usual cross-street lights won’t go […]

A poignant poppy display, crafted by the community in Great Bowden to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, has been taken down. The cascade has been seen pouring down from the tower of the St Peter and St Paul Church for the past three weeks. It featured a blanket of around […]