Author: HFM News

Road safety campaigners are urging Highway bosses to repair or replace broken speed-activated warning signs at accident blackspots across the Harborough District. A number aren’t working – including on the A6 approaching the Kettering Road junction at Clack Hill, on the A6 through Kibworth and the A5199 near Knaptoft. Leicestershire County Council say many of […]

A flag will be raised above The Symington Building in Market Harborough this weekend to honour the work of the emergency services. It in support of a new yearly event which will begin at 9am on the 9th of September annually the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month). To mark Emergency Services […]

Police have carried out a drugs raid at a house in Market Harborough this morning. Officers executed a warrant under the Misuse Of Drugs act at the property in Andrew MacDonald Close just after 7.30pm No arrests were made, although various property has been seized as part of an on-going investigation. The action came as […]

Small notes that were placed on the railings of a bridge over the A14 – aimed at preventing suicides – have been removed after being deemed a distraction to drivers. The ‘Notes Of Hope’ were the work of Charlotte Palmer and some of her friends, who wanted to do something to try to stop people […]

The plan to demolish Market Harborough’s Cottage Hospital and build a 70-bedroom care home on the site is set to be considered next month. It’s not yet known if Harborough Council planning officers will recommend approval for the re-development of the Coventry Road site, which retains the World War One Memorial and Portico. The hospital […]

Market Harborough gymnast Andrew Stamp has been selected to represent Team GB at the Youth Olympic Games next month. The 16-year-old, who has just completed his GCSE’s at Welland Park Academy, will be the only British male trampoline gymnast at the event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he’ll compete against the world’s best young gymnasts. […]

Work to build a long-awaited footbridge over the railway in Little Bowden will finally start next week. Network Rail has made the announcement, just a week after telling HFM they couldn’t confirm when it would go up. The bridge – which should be up by the middle of December – will link Glebe Road with […]

A draft Action Plan to deal with pollution problems in Kibworth has been published by Harborough Council. It details ways of trying to deal with the issue, that affects the stretch of the A6 Leicester Road from the Wistow Road roundabout to Church Road. Levels of Nitrogen Dioxide – caused by vehicle fumes – are […]

People who’ve been spraying graffiti in Market Harborough town centre are being warned they’re dicing with death. It’s appeared over the past few days on the top of the Mistry’s Pharmacy building on the High Street, with those responsible getting onto the top of neighbouring WH Smith to daub it. Those involved have been witnessed […]

A war of words has broken out over plans to scrap Leicestershire’s District and Borough Councils and replace them with a new so-called Super Authority. The Leaders of each have joined forces to say the plan is being considered too quickly without them being properly involved. They’re calling on Leiestershire County Council to drop the […]