Author: HFM News

Police are appealing for information after burglars struck at a house in Desborough over the weekend, stealing laptop computers and other electronic equipment. They forced open a kitchen window to get into the property in Buxton Drive, sometime between 4.30pm on Friday and 1pm yesterday. Anyone with information should Police on 101, quoting Crime Number 18000418893.

A clampdown on dangerous parking outside four schools starts today. Farndon Fields and Meadowdale Primary Schools in Market Harborough, Lubenham All Saints Primary and The Kibworth School are all part of the move. New enforceable ‘keep clear’ zones have been created outside enabling parking wardens to issue fixed penalty notices to drivers parking illegally and […]

The Mother of a Market Harborough boy whose life was saved earlier this year is urging people to join the organ donor register. Jay Crouch received two new kidneys, a pancreas, liver and bowel in a successful multi-organ transplant, the donation coming from a boy the same age who sadly died. Jay, who is 8, […]

A man has appeared in Court accused of starting three fires in Husbands Bosworth late last Wednesday and early on Thursday. Daniel Milburn, 33, of no fixed address, but previously from Gloucestershire, is charged with two counts of arson with intent to endanger life and one count of arson recklessly endangering life. It follows deliberately […]

A one-to-five star rating system is being introduced for local businesses associated with the sale and care of animals. It’s part of new regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of animals and providing a more informed choice for owners and customers. They’ll apply to firms and individuals involved in dog and cat boarding, dog breeding, […]

A hero teenage soldier who was missed off Market Harborough’s World War Two Memorial is to finally be honoured – 78 years after he died in action. Private Ballard William Coleman was just 19 when he was fatally shot as the Leicestershire Regiment were trying to stem advancing German troops in Norway on April 25th […]

A giant so-called ‘Fatberg’ has been found in a sewer near Market Harborough. Containing things like fat, oil, tampons, wet-wipes and cotton buds, Anglian Water discovered it during a routine inspection of pipes in fields behind the Riverside Industrial Estate. Specialist machinery has been brought in to remove it and people are being urged not […]

A man’s been arrested after a family escaped a fire at their flat in Husbands Bosworth, after an arsonist struck three times in the village late yesterday and early today. A wheelie bin and two cars were set alight outside the property in Mowsley Court, with the fire spreading to the building, which has been […]

Harborough’s MP is to fight for more money for Leicestershire Police. It follows the recent crime spree in Market Harborough, which saw a number of business premises targeted. Conservative Neil O’Brien wants to see his own government spending less on things like International Aid and more on Law and Order. He is also lobbying Ministers […]

A new piece of art to celebrate 100 years since women were given the right to vote will be made by an artist from Medbourne. Derek Hunt has been chosen for the honour after more than 600 people voted on which of three proposed designs they preferred. The large wall mounted artwork will get pride […]