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Market Harborough charity VASL is urging people who need support with their mental health to use its Wellbeing Befriending Project. Trained volunteers are on-hand to make regular contact with those struggling with day-to-day life. Emma Brown manages the free service, which is available to anyone aged 18 and over, and told HFM’s Nick Shaw more […]

There are calls for average speed cameras to be installed on the A47 through the Harborough District. Highway bosses are currently conducting a safety review of the stretch of road, after two people died in separate collisions earlier this year. Simon Galton, the councillor for the area, spoke to HFM after Leicestershire County Council agreed […]

Police are appealing for information after burglars tried to get into a yard where horses at kept in Braybrooke. They attempted to force entry through a large metal gate by cutting the lock at the site on Griffin Road, between 9pm last Thursday and 8am the following day. If you saw anything suspicious or have […]

A woman has been seriously injured after being involved in collision with a heavy goods vehicle on the B6047 near Market Harborough. Police say the pedestrian was taken to hospital following the incident on Melton Road just before midday, near the Langton Garden Centre. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told HFM: “We received a report […]

Harborough District Council is being encouraged to apply for a share of £200m to encourage more people to walk and cycle. The Active Travel England fund has been launched by the government to help local authorities pay for schemes like creating more paths in rural areas, safer routes for children to walk to school and […]

A power cut has left hundreds of homes and businesses with no electricity in the Husbands Bosworth area. Supplies were cut to 848 properties just before 1.15pm. National Grid says the outage has been caused by a fault on its overhead network and engineers are working hard to restore supplies. It has apologised to those […]

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a woman was seen repeatedly slapping a dog on its rear and back in Kibworth Beauchamp. The incident involving a border terrier type dog was witnessed by a shocked member of the public in a field opposite Cuckoo Drive. It happened at around 11.30am on Sunday January 29th, […]

Green bins won’t be emptied across Harborough this week. The district council has stopped garden waste collections, so bin crews can catch-up with other collections, after they were suspended on Friday because of the snow. A spokesperson said: “Our crews are now catching up with rounds, but to assist with this, we have suspended all […]

A Flood Alert has been issued for the River Welland through Market Harborough and the Welland Valley. The heavy rain and melting snow on Friday has seen water levels rise, with flooding in some areas near the river including in Medbourne. The same alert is in force for the River Jordan between Braybrooke and Market […]

Thieves have stolen 20 boxes of teddy bears from the back of a lorry near Rothwell. They cut through a lock to get into the trailer, while the DAF vehicle was parked at the truck stop just off junction 3 of the A14. The theft of the teddies, which were unstuffed, happened between 4pm and […]