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A Desborough woman given the gift of life from her Dad – when her donated one of his kidneys to her – wants to raise awareness of kidney disease. Kathryn Croker, 35, has been speaking to Hfm on World Kidney Day, after becoming a Community Ambassador for the Kidney Research UK. She has backed the […]

The M1 through Leicestershire has fully re-opened after a five-vehicle crash near Lutterworth shut the motorway for several hours. A man in his 30s suffered life-threatening injuries and a number of others were taken to hospital as a precaution, after the incident on the northbound carriageway close to junction 20, just before 6.30pm last night. […]

Harborough’s MP has welcomed the decision to give Police more powers to tackle illegal traveller camps. The Home Office has announced a new offence of ‘residing in a vehicle on land without consent’, and legislation will also be strengthened to allow Police to remove trespassers as part of the forthcoming Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court […]

Two new state-of-the-art Air Ambulances have taken to the skies of the Hfm Region today. The launch represents an investment of more than £30m over the next seven years by the Air Ambulance Service, the charity which operates life-saving helicopters across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The new models are faster than their predecessors and offer many […]

Police are set to be given new powers to tackle the increasing use of ‘laughing gas’ across Harborough. As well as being a health risk, as people inhale nitrous oxide to get an instant ‘high’, the littering of the small silver canisters, particularly in rural locations, is causing concern. The new Public Place Protection Order […]

Pupils will soon be waving goodbye to a mobile classroom, after the go-ahead for an extension at Church Langton Primary School. The project, costing £227,000, will see a new classroom built, along with a new office and storage area. Harborough District Council has granted planning permission for the scheme, The new-build will be home to […]

Changes are taking place to floral displays in Market Harborough’s Welland Park, in a bid to achieve ‘Green Flag’ status. Flower beds are being altered to allow for more all-year-round planting, one of the requirements of the nationally-recognised scheme, and to increase biodiversity. A mix of perennial longer flowering plants and shrubs will be planted […]

Police are patrolling outside schools in the Harborough District as pupils continue to return to the classroom. The patrols have been concentrated at Robert Smyth Academy and Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough and The Kibworth School at the start and end of the school day, and will continue for the rest of the week. […]

Police have searched a house in Market Harborough as part of an investigation into offences committed on-line. A warrant as executed this morning at a property in The Pastures, off Lubenham Hill. No arrests were made and Leicestershire Police say they can’t release any more details for ‘operational reasons.’ A spokesman told Hfm: “As part […]

Harborough District Council’s Enviro-crime team is appealing for information after a large pile of rubbish was dumped in a country lane near Hallaton. Building materials including panes of glass were part of the mess, along with a large flat-screen TV, a carpet, a mattress, bedding and plastic furniture. It is believed it was fly-tipped on […]