Author: HFM News

Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses and information after a driver died after a crash near Bruntingthorpe a week ago. The man was driving a BMW that was involved in a head on collision with a car transporter and a Ford Fiesta on Bath Lane at 4.45pm. An 18-year-old man arrested on suspicion of […]

Over half a million pounds that should have been spent on improvements to bus services has been handed back to developers. £324,000 that was earmarked for improving bus services to the Warwick Road development in Kibworth wasn’t used after a commercial service starting running through the estate. And over £260,000 due to be paid by […]

The opening hours at the urgent care centre in Market Harborough could be cut. Currently the facility at the St Luke’s Treatment Centre is open between 5 and 9pm on weekday evenings and from 9am til 7pm on weekends and Bank Holidays. It’s proposed to open it an hour and a half later on weekdays […]

Two men have been charged with three burglaries locally. 34-year-old Patrick Cash from Rothwell and Mick Connors, who is 49 at from Northampton, are accused of breaking into homes in The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, Thornton Crescent, Church Langton and Beeby Road in Scraptoft – all last Wednesday. The duo, who are also accused of a […]

A charity’s equipment has been destroyed after thieves broke in and set fire to their storage container in the car park of Foxton Locks early yesterday, causing damage totaling thousands of pounds. It’s thought they used an angle grinder to get into the steel container belonging to the Foxton Locks Inclined Plane Trust, before setting […]

Thousands descended on Market Harborough yesterday for the Classic Car Show. It was the second year the event had been held in the town centre – organised by Harborough Council – with people bringing their classic vehicles from all over the country!

An action plan on how Council bosses propose to deal with pollution problems in Kibworth is set to be considered in September. It’s after an Air Quality Management Area was declared along a section of the A6 between the Wistow Road roundabout and Church Road junction last year. Levels of nitrogen dioxide, caused by vehicle […]

Improvements costing £750,000 are to be made at Market Harborough’s Robert Smyth Academy. The work – starting during the summer holidays – will include classrooms, corridors and offices being refurbished and a new student services area created. The Burnmill Road site will also be made secure, with the installation of automated gates, new audio-visual equipment […]

90 people have been arrested since June 1st during Leicestershire Police’s summer drink and drug drive clampdown. 71 have been caught for being over the limit and 19 under the influence of cannabis or cocaine behind the wheel. Locally arrests have been made in Kibworth, Foxton, Bitteswell and Broughton Astley. The campaign has been extended […]