News

The go-ahead has been given for new HMO (House In Multiple Occupation) close to Market Harborough town centre. Harborough District Council has granted permission for the 18-bed premises to be created on Coventry Road, by partly demolishing and extending a two-storey building, previously used as student accommodation. Last night’s meeting of the planning committee heard […]

A man arrested in Market Harborough after being confronted by on-line paedophile hunters has been jailed for 22 months for breaching the terms of his licence. Nigel Clapton was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence last July for causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and made subject of a ten-year sexual […]

Police are appealing for information after a car key burglary in Fleckney. A house on Main Street was broken into during the early hours of Monday and a white VW Golf was then stolen from outside. It happened sometime between midnight and 7am while the occupants were asleep. Leicestershire Police say enquiries into the incident […]

A new Aldi supermarket in Market Harborough is on-target to open in the autumn. Work to build the £5m store on Rockingham Road is progressing at pace, with the shell of the building now in place. The discount retailer is spending £5m on the development and will re-locate to the larger premises from its current […]

A retailer is close to securing a deal to buy a long-standing derelict site in Desborough. The Central Co-Op is working to agree terms to acquire the former Lawrence’s shoe factory site, which has stood empty for over 20 years. The two-acre site off Harborough Road was put up for sale by North Northamptonshire Council […]

East Midlands Railway has been told it cannot use council cash for improvements at Market Harborough Railway Station. The operator was awarded over £73,000 from Harborough District Council last year, from a funding pot given to the authority from government. However, rules governing how the UK Shared Prosperity Funding can be used have changed. A […]

A plea has been issued to pet owners after a dog attacked and killed a sheep near Welford. It happened in a field near the reservoir in the village and is thought to have involved a Doberman-type dog, being walked by two men and a woman. Farmers say sheep worrying is becoming an increasing problem. […]

People have been telling HFM what they think of plans to re-organise local government. The preferred option is to scrap district and borough councils, including Harborough District Council and the current county council, in favour of a single unitary authority covering the whole of Leicestershire. The move has been triggered by the government which wants […]

Fire crews have been dealing with a blaze in the kitchen of a house in Kibworth Beauchamp. They were called to Paget Street at 1pm today after an extractor fan hood set alight. Firefighters in breathing apparatus tackled the blaze using a hose reel jet and no-one was hurt. Crews from Market Harborough and Central […]

A man has appeared in court accused of placing devices on ATM machines in Market Harborough town centre to trap money. Bogdan Gasparov was arrested on Saturday afternoon after police responded to reports of suspicious activity around cash-points outside the Lloyds and Santander banks. The 44-year-old was subsequently charged with possessing/controlling an article for use […]