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The family of a talented award-winning poet who died after going missing from the Shambala Festival in Kelmarsh have raised over £70,000 to start a Foundation in his memory. The Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation aims to continue his legacy by supporting low-income black writers. Mr Odubanjo, 27, from East London, had been due to read his […]

Controversial plans to build new homes earmarked for Leicester in the Harborough District could be approved tonight. It would mean over 1,500 extra houses going up over the next 13 years, in addition to the area’s own housing target. Over 2,000 people who have signed a petition and the area’s three MP’s are urging councillors […]

Police have seized an imitation firearm and machete during raids on two houses in Rothwell. A man was also arrested after armed officers swooped on addresses in Horsefair Lane and Meadow Road on Saturday afternoon. A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman told HFM: “At about 4pm on Saturday, September 16, two warrants were executed in in Rothwell, […]

The first TOGS grants have been awarded to people in need across Market Harborough and the Bowdens. Applications from over 60 people of all ages and circumstances have been approved for a £75 Aldi voucher, which will be posted to them. The £15,000 support scheme, being run by HFM and the Howard Watson Symington Memorial […]

A Desborough Mum is urging people to talk to their families as Organ Donation Week begins. Gemma Jolly, 45, has had three liver transplants since 2016, after being diagnosed with a condition where her immune system attacks her liver cells. There is now an opt-out system for organ donation, meaning adults are considered to have […]

Around 3,000 people enjoyed Market Harborough’s first ever Comic Con event yesterday. They got to meet some big names and characters from TV and film, as the town’s Market Hall hosted the big event. Michael Willson who was ‘Cobra’ in the hit 90s TV show Gladiators, actor Christopher Ryan, best known for playing Mike in […]

A Market Harborough family are backing a new fundraising appeal to help Leicestershire’s Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young people. Erin Brant, 16, who has two life-limiting illnesses and is recovering from cancer, spends time at the hospice regularly and her parents have described the care and support as ‘wonderful.’ The charity based in Loughborough […]

A man was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a two-car crash on the outskirts of Market Harborough last night. It happened just before 10.15pm on the B6047 Leicester Road, close to the roundabout by Harborough Innovation Centre. One person sustained minor injuries in collision and Leicestershire Police say a 39-year-old man, who initially fled […]

A woman aged in her 20s has died after a crash on the A427 in Brampton Ash last night. She was a front seat passenger in a black Mini Cooper which left Harborough Road and went down an embankment, before colliding with a fence and coming to rest in a field. Police say the woman, […]

Staff at Wilko in Market Harborough have thanked customers after the store closed for good yesterday. A hand-written sign was placed at the entrance to the shop in St Mary’s Place, as shoppers went in for the final time. The shop has been a long-standing fixture of the shopping centre and 24 workers are being […]