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Market Harborough’s annual SwiMarathon fundraiser is returning this March. Over 20 teams have already signed up to be part of the big event at Harborough Leisure Centre and there is still the chance for others to do the same. The fun event organised by Market Harborough Rotary Club and supported by HFM will beheld over […]

A man questioned after a group of immigrants were found in the back of a lorry near Lutterworth has been released with no further action. Police arrested the 37-year-old after being called to the Magna Park industrial estate last Thursday. The people discovered in the trailer were taken into the care of the Home Office […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage driver died in a crash near Desborough in the early hours of yesterday. The 19-year-old man was driving a blue Suzuki Swift car which left the B576 Harborough Road and came to rest on a grassed area outside the Travel Plaza Hotel, just after 2.30am. He was […]

HFM is celebrating 17 years of full-time broadcasting today. The radio station launched on The Square in Market Harborough at 11am on February 10th 2007, following a number of short-term broadcasts. HFM continues to be at the heart of the community, thanks to the dedicated team working on-air and behind-the-scenes, businesses who sponsor and advertise, […]

Violence against prison officers has soared since the pandemic with 23 attacks a day recorded last year across England and Wales. At HMP Gartree near Market Harborough, there were 54 assaults on staff between January and September 2023 – an average of one a week. The figures was 55 for the whole of the previous […]

Drivers are being urged to think where they park after a fire engine got stuck between cars in Rothwell while on an emergency call. The appliance was trying to negotiate parked vehicles in the Market Square and firefighters had to continue to the scene of the 999 call on foot, carrying equipment. Luckily the alert […]

Demolition work is underway ahead of new apartments being built in Market Harborough town centre. A former vehicle repair centre at the corner of Abbey Street and Fairfield Road is being flattened to make way for the development. A new two-and-a-half storey building will be built on the site, which will house ten apartments. Planning […]

The number of people shopping at Harborough Market is on the up. Over 84,000 visited last December which is a 20% rise on the same month in 2019. Harborough District Council says overall footfall was also up 5.2% throughout 2023, with all fixed units currently occupied at the Market Hall and casual traders fill remaining […]

A man has died after his car collided with a lorry while travelling the wrong way along the M1 in Leicestershire. It happened between junction 20 near Lutterworth and junction 21 early this morning. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “Officers received a call at 4.32am this morning (Friday 9 February) to report a vehicle […]

There will be plenty of laughs across Harborough when events take place as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival. Performance will start next week in Market Harborough, Foxton, Kibworth and Lutterworth. In Market Harborough, the Market Hall will be transformed into a theatre for the weekend and a brand new show will take place at […]