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Firefighters were called to a crash in Great Bowden this afternoon. The collision on Station Road involved a car and flat-bed truck. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service told HFM: “We received a call at 2:12pm this afternoon to an RTC involving a car and truck in the middle of the road. “No […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a lorry driver was seriously injured when his vehicle collided with a hotel near Desborough yesterday. The 65-year-old man was taken to the University Hospital in Coventry after being freed from the wreckage of the cab by firefighters. The collision happened at the Travel Plaza on the B576 Harborough […]

The long-standing constituency office for Harborough’s MP has been put up for sale. The base on Nelson Street in Market Harborough has been home to the area’s Conservative Association for the past 43 years, but is now in need of major refurbishment. The Association told HFM it has decided to re-locate to more ‘fit-for-purpose’ office […]

Developers have been allowed to delay the opening a link road through a Market Harborough housing estate until August. Harborough District Council has agreed to the move after hearing safety would otherwise be compromised, with construction traffic frequently crossing the road as house building continues on the Airfield Farm estate. The council’s planning committee approved […]

A lorry driver has crashed into a hotel near Desborough. The vehicle collided with an area at the front of the Travel Plaza on the B576 Harborough Road, just before 2.15pm. The driver was trapped in the cab of the vehicle and was extricated by firefighters, before being placed in the care of East Midlands […]

Plans have been announced to build a multi-million pound Anaerobic Digestion Plant on the outskirts of Great Bowden. The green energy facility is proposed for the site of a former Mushroom Farm on Welham Lane, which has stood derelict for over 20 years. It would see maize, straw and chicken manure used to produce bio-methane, […]

Dog owners are being urged to keep pets on leads near livestock after a flock of sheep were attacked in Market Harborough. It is understood one of the animals died from its injuries, following the incident in fields behind Willow Crescent last Friday morning. Harriet Ranson from the National Farmers Union told HFM the message […]

Montsaye Academy in Rothwell has been branded ‘inadequate’ by inspectors who have raised a number of serious concerns about the school. Ofsted says the quality of education provided is inadequate and safeguarding arrangements are ineffective – putting some pupils at risk. Inspectors visited in November and found the poor behaviour of some pupils leaves others […]

The start of work to build a massive new prison near Market Harborough is moving closer. The Ministry of Justice is preparing to submit a planning application detailing the finer points of the development, after permission for the 1700-inmate jail was controversially granted by government last year. A new consultation has been launched asking for […]

Burglars smashed their way into a Market Harborough shop before trying to force open a safe. They used a large slab to break glass in the front door of food store Cook in St Mary’s Place late on Saturday or during the early hours of Sunday. The intruders then emptied cupboards in an office area […]