Author: HFM

The Swimming Pool at Harborough Leisure Centre re-opens today (Thursday 20th August) after being shut for five months because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Initially only lane swimming and club sessions within the pool will be available, so social distancing measures can be maintained. Swimming lessons will resume on Saturday. The pool at Lutterworth Sports Centre […]

GCSE students in the Harborough District are receiving their exam results today (Thursday 20th August) after an uncertain period for pupils before it announced that examination grades would be awarded as estimated by teachers rather than by a formula based on a school’s prior performance. Principal of Robert Smyth Academy, Dan Cleary, says he’s proud […]

A major outdoor festival due to be held in Market Harborough next week has been called off due to concerns about Coronavirus. The seven day ‘BeachFest Spectacular’ was scheduled to take place from next Tuesday 25th August until Bank Holiday Monday 31st August at Market Harborough Showground on Gallow Field Road. However, a recent spike […]

Northamptonshire Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted burglary at a property in Desborough. Officers say it happened between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 15th August, when the front door of the house on Harrington Road was opened and closed – but nothing was stolen. Police would like to hear from anyone who may […]

Two friends are to paddle from London to North Kilworth to raise cash for Cancer Research UK. Between 1st – 11th September 2020 Tim Peacock and Ian Shipley will cover the distance of around 125 miles in canoes they built themselves during ‘lockdown’. They aim to be completely self-sufficient along the way and aim complete […]

More funding has been announced for rural businesses across Harborough to help them cope with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Leicestershire Business Recovery Fund is providing support for the tourism, agriculture and creative industries and independent retail businesses – all badly hit over the past few months. Grants of between two and ten […]

Two men who filmed themselves speeding through the Harborough District in cars they’d stolen have been put behind bars for a total of nine years – after pleading guilty to a string of burglary offences. Leicestershire Police linked the duo to a total of twenty-eight burglaries reported to them between March and April this year […]

Classic cars were out in force in the Harborough District over the weekend – for this year’s ‘Welland Valley Wander’. Around eighty vintage vehicles took part in the 110 mile route from Leicester Airport on Sunday (16th August) travelling via Burghley House in Stamford and ending up at Sywell Aerodrome. As usual, they were raising […]

The 75th anniversary of VJ Day and the end of the Second World War on Saturday 15th August 2020 was marked in Market Harborough, Lutterworth and Kibworth. Thanks to Andy Carpenter (Twitter @Carps23) for the photographs  

It’s been revealed exactly why hundreds of thousands of sunflowers were planted over 12 acres of land near Desborough. The crop, which has now gone over because of the hot weather, proved a real hit with people visiting to see the amazing sight. Robert Tarry from Harrington Farms told HFM the main reason for planting […]