Author: HFM News

Family and friends of a popular man who died after suffering a cardiac arrest while out cycling are taking to their bikes in his memory. Keen cyclist Nev Brooks from Stoke Albany – who worked as a delivery driver for Wesses Bakery in Market Harborough and was a member of the Welland Valley Cycling Club […]

Market Harborough’s Robert Smyth Academy gets a new Principal next week. Daniel Cleary is taking up the position after moving to the area from Guernsey, where he was Deputy Head at a school there. Robert Smyth, part of the Tudor Grange Academies Trust, has had no permanent principal since Sue Jones left last year. Mr […]

Plans to bring in on-street car parking charges in Market Harborough town centre have been scrapped. The move would have seen meters installed on the High Street and surrounding roads. Leicestershire County Council say uncertainty facing the retail sector in the current economic climate is the main reason why the move isn’t going ahead.

People in Fleckney are being asked to have their say on the future of their Sports Centre. The Parish Council – which runs the facility – is considering whether to refurbish or to replace the aging buiding. An on-line survey has been launched to get public opinions – click HERE to have your say.

Plans to create new ‘move on space’ in Market Harborough for expanding businesses are progressing. A planning application has been lodged for the £7.5m project at the Compass Point Business Park on Northampton Road. Harborough Council is behind it and has entered into partnership with developer Willmott Dixon. If approved the 25,000 sq ft building […]

The first phase of the major upgrade of Market Harborough Railway Station is nearing completion. A new bigger car park – on the opposite side of the tracks to the current one – is set to open in July. Once in use, work to straighten the track through the station – using the existing car […]

The search is on for a sponsor for Robert Smyth Academy’s popular jazz and soul bands. The talented groups will embark on a tour of the Netherlands this summer and is looking for a company to support the cost of T-Shirts they want to get produced ahead of it. The firm would get their logo […]

Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Louis-Ryan Menezes from Rothwell, who died after being stabbed in Northampton on Friday. A 16-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman from Northampton and a 37 year-old man from London were arrested last night and are currently in police custody.      

State-of-the-art average speed cameras are set to come into operation on a section of the A4304 between Market Harborough and Lutterworth this August. Leicestershire County Council is putting them up in Walcot as part of a trial scheme. Highway bosses say more drivers break the 30mph limit on the stretch of the road through the […]

Police are investigating a suspected illegal hare hunt that took place in Dingley. Officers have released images of three men and a woman (below) who are believed to have been involved in a bid to identify them. Police say the incident took place across fields in the village on the afternoon of February the 17th. […]