Author: HFM News

Two people have been charged after Police found a loaded double-barreled shotgun, knives and other weapons in a car stopped at the Rothwell Service Station on the A14. Daniel Mills, 36, from Irthlingborough, Northants, is accused of possession of a firearm and a 17 year old boy was charged with possession of a firearm, with […]

The first phase of a major upgrade of facilities at Harborough Town Football Club will be unveiled tomorrow. A new all-weather 3G pitch will be used for the first time as the Bees take on Cambridge City in the FA Cup Prelim Round. The heatwave last month delayed its installation, although it’s now completed. Other […]

A man’s been charged with vandalising cars in Kibworth yesterday morning. John Robertson is accused of criminal damage following an incident in High Street. The 55-year-old, of Dairy Way, Kibworth will appear in Court next month.

Instant justice has been served after a burglar who targeted Wildwood Restaurant in Market Harborough was today jailed for 18 weeks. Daniel Carney admitted breaking into the High Street premises in the early hours of Sunday, when he appeared before Leicester Magistrates Court earlier. The 34 year old of Coventry Road, Market Harborough stole alcohol […]

A former worker at Kibworth Post Office is facing jail after defrauding the business out of £29,500 Dawn Powell committed the crime by reversing financial transactions, while working as a Counter Clerk at the High Street branch, between February 2016 and September last year. 30-year-old Powell, of Cromwell Close, Walcote, has pleaded guilty to defrauding […]

Nurses are being offered a £2,000 ‘golden handshake’ to work at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough. The incentive is being introduced by the NHS to try to reduce the reliance on agency staff, as there hasn’t been a permanent member of nursing staff appointed for more than two years. One of the wards at […]

Developers have made changes to the proposed building they want to replace Market Harborough’s Cottage Hospital with. A revised site plan has been handed to the Council by Sterling Rose Care, who want to create a 70-bedroom luxury care home on the Coventry Road site. The planning application – which retains the World War One […]

A man’s been arrested after two cars were damaged in Kibworth earlier today. Police were called to the High Street just before 11.30am following reports wing mirrors and windscreen wipers had been ripped off the vehicles and other damage caused. A 51-year old-man is being held on suspicion of criminal damage after being arrested at […]

A man’s died after a crash between a lorry and van on the A14 near Welford this morning. He was a passenger in a VW Crafter Van that was involved in collision with a Renault lorry on the eastbound carriageway, near Junction 1, just before 5.30am. The driver and another passenger in the van were […]

Three men have been arrested after a Market Harborough restaurant was broken into three nights running. Two men, aged 61 and 31, from Market Harborough and a 34-year- old, of no fixed abode, are being questioned on suspicion of burglary. Wildwood on the High Street was targeted during the early hours of Thursday, Friday and […]