Author: HFM News

As Market Harborough prepares for more traffic congestion this weekend, Highway bosses have pledged to make diversion signs clearer. There was confusion for drivers last Saturday and Sunday as two sets of signs were placed at junctions.     Leicestershire County Council say symbols will be placed on those connected with the Leicester Road closure […]

A homeowner’s confronted a thief breaking into a builder’s van in broad daylight on the Farndon Fields Estate in Market Harborough. It happened at about 1.30pm yesterday on Angell Drive, when Jenny Taylor ran out of her house after noticing a man drilling into the lock. She told Hfm she didn’t think about her own […]

Harborough’s MP will meet staff and members of the Prison Officers Association during a visit to HMP Gartree today. Neil O’Brien has been invited to tour the jail by the Independent Monitoring Board, made up of a team of volunteers who regularly visit. It published a concerning report earlier this year, blaming a rise in […]

Fire crews have issued a new warning after their appliance was unable to get down Logan Street in Market Harborough for the second time in three weeks, due to parked cars on both sides of the road. Luckily – like last time – they weren’t on an emergency call – as the vehicle had to […]

Market Harborough teenage sports star Andrew Stamp will continue celebrating his Silver Medal at the Youth Olympic Games this evening. It’s the closing ceremony of the event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during which the 16-year-old came second in the Trampolining, picking up one of Team GB’s eight medals. It’s the highest ever achievement for Andrew, […]

Another Syrian Refugee Family is to be housed in the Harborough District. The Council’s agreed the move after the successful re-settlement of a family from the war-torn country in Market Harborough last year. All areas of the country have to take-in refugees as part of a government-funded scheme. Bosses have also agreed to back an […]

A shoplifter who persistently targeted supermarkets in Market Harborough has been jailed for 30 weeks. Lesley Fuggle stole alcohol from Waitrose on Springfield Street three days running earlier this month, meat from the Co-Op in the Commons Car Park, and alcohol from Sainsbury’s. She has admitted the thefts at Leicester Magistrates Court, which heard the […]

Tradesmen and women in Market Harborough have told Hfm they are ‘under siege’ from thieves stealing tools from their vans. A spate of tool thefts from vans has continued this week in Market Harborough and surrounding villages – in the past two weeks 20 have been targeted, with power tools and other equipment worth thousands […]

The Leicestershire County Show in Market Harborough could have to be cancelled next year because around 80 horses are illegally fly-grazing on the site. The animals were placed on land at the Showground, off Leicester Road/Gallowfield Road, a few weeks ago without permission. The Leicestershire Agricultural Society says it will have no other option than […]

A snapshot of what life was like in Market Harborough nearly a hundred years ago has been uncovered at Harbrough Market! The directory and almanac from 1921 includes a list of all shops and businesses, names and addresses of residents an a phone directory. Jon Pollard, who is the Market Officer for Harborough Council, – bought […]