Author: HFM News

Three men have been found guilty of the ruthless killing of a Leicester jeweller, whose body was found near Stoughton. The gang had spent weeks planning to rob a safe at Ramniklal Jogiya’s jewellery shop in the city’s Belgrave Road. On January the 24th they kidnapped the 74 year old as he walked home and […]

A petition signed by just under 3,000 people – calling on Market Harborough’s town bus service to be saved – has been handed over to Council bosses. The signatures have been collected by Liberal Democrat councilors who began a campaign earlier this year, when it was announced the number 33 is under threat. Leicestershire County […]

There are fears for the future of Market Harborough’s Homebase as the new owner of the firm will unveil plans to close about a quarter of its stores next week, threatening more than 1,000 jobs. Sky News has learnt that Hilco Capital, which struck a deal to buy the DIY chain for a nominal sum […]

Fire service bosses have hit out at arsonists who struck in Desborough last night – at the same time the town’s crew was dealing with another deliberately started blaze. An area of scrubland was set alight at the rear of Meissen Avenue just before 7pm – with the fire spreading to fencing. Firefighters had to […]

A Market Harborough coffee shop owner has finally put tables and chairs outside for customers, after winning a battle with bosses in the same building his business is. Raj Aggarwal – owner of Insomnia, based inside Harborough Council’s Symington Building on Adam and Eve Street – appealed a decision to refuse permission for them, with […]

The number of drug-related deaths across Harborough is on the rise, according to new figures. In the past two years ten people – six men and four women – have died due to illegal substance abuse in the District, compared with four recorded in the two years before. The Office For National Statistics says across […]

Members of Market Harborough’s Royal British Legion are joining thousands today in Belgium to pay their respects to those who died during WW1. They’re taking part of the Legion’s ‘Great Pilgrimage 90’, which is recreating an event in 1928. That saw over 11,000 veterans and war widows visiteing the Somme and E-per before marching to […]

A Market Harborough woman and her partner had a lucky escape after a large oak tree fell onto their car. It happened on Sunday evening when Sarah Duckett was driving with Craig Kirkup along Welham Road in Thorpe Langton. The tree – thought to be hundreds of years old – collapsed in front of them, […]

Two men have denied burgling a number of local homes. The duo are accused of breaking into houses in The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, Thornton Crescent, Church Langton and Beeby Road in Scraptoft on July 4th, stealing items including expensive jewellery They’re also charged with burglaries in Leicester and Lincolnshire. Patrick Cash (34) from Rothwell and […]

Harborough Council has been named as one of the 10 best authorities in the country for collecting business rates. A new report says it collected from 99.7% of all local businesses. Half the cash is retained locally to go towards services, while the rest goes to Central Government. The Council says as well as the […]