Author: HFM

Plans to convert an historic office building in Market Harborough town centre into eleven apartments have been given the go-ahead. The approved scheme for the Fisher German base at the top of the High Street, next to the Angel Hotel, also includes building ten mews style houses at the rear of existing site, which is […]

Residents in the Harborough District are assessing the damage to their property this morning after a severe thunderstorm hit the Kibworth area just after six o’clock yesterday evening (20th July). There were hailstones the size of golf balls accompanied by torrential rainfall. Major damage has been reported to cars, roofs and conservatories – with windows […]

After having to be put on hold because of the pandemic, ‘Friendship Lunches’ for elderly people re-start in Market Harborough next month. Care provider Home Instead will once again team up with The Royalist, Western Avenue to hold the monthly event, starting on August 11th. The get-togethers have proved a real success in helping to […]

A Market Harborough charity has been awarded nine thousand pounds from the National Lottery’s Community Fund so it can continue to provide vital help to people. Harborough Against Bullying expanded its remit last year in the wake of COVID-19 ‘lockdown’, to offer support to people suffering with mental health, domestic violence and bereavement. The money […]

Over a hundred people have had their say on how they shop in Market Harborough and more are being encouraged to do the same. The survey was launched earlier this month to get feedback as shopping habits change in the wake of the pandemic. The Harbs Collective, which represents independent businesses, has teamed up with […]

A Harborough-based national reforestation charity – which aims to plant one million trees over the next five years – is encouraging us all to join “Live Net Zero Day” this Saturday, 22nd May 2021. The Greener Earth Project is challenging everyone to reduce their personal and household emissions for 24 hours by trying out different […]

With Harborough Museum now back open again, visitors will soon be able to see a unique, Roman era copper-alloy figurine on display. Dating to AD50-AD150, he has been nicknamed ‘Eric’ by collections staff – as his pose (see photo) is very similar to that made famous by Morecambe and Wise in the classic dance to […]

Disadvantaged and isolated young people in the HFM area are set to benefit from a cash boost from the National Lottery. Harborough District Children and Young People’s Charity has been awarded a new, 5-year grant from the Lottery’s Community Fund for its ‘Youth Connect Project’. It plans to use the money to expand the number […]

Residents on the northern edge of Desborough have reacted with dismay to a planning application which would turn their quiet cul-de-sacs into access roads for a major new estate. Householders who live on The Grange Estate – built just over ten years’ ago – say they were reassured that any extra housing in the future […]

Harborough District Council has announced that local job seekers are set to have a permanent route into the workplace – thanks to a successful initiative it staged earlier this year becoming long-term. During ‘Harborough Jobs Week”, at the end of March, the authority shared over 50 local jobs, along with apprenticeships, kickstart placements and employment […]