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The Royal British Legion has welcomed the completion of work to restore Market Harborough’s main War Memorial. The historic structure on The Square has been given a major clean and the main inscription has been renewed through the installation of a slate plaque, after it become unreadable due to weathering. The project – led by […]
Over 70 students from Welland Park Academy have enjoyed a Taylor Swift night. The school’s year 11 prom committee arranged for their own Eras Tour to come to school to help with their on-going fundraising efforts. The youngsters aged 11-16 made and exchanged friendship bracelets; decorated their faces with glitter; watched The Eras Tour movie […]
Over £2,000 has been raised in a few days help Rothwell Corinthians Football Club after a deliberately-started fire badly damaged a stand. The crowdfunding appeal was launched following Sunday’s blaze, which left the club with a repair bill totalling thousand of pounds. The club is thanking everyone who has made a donation or helped in […]
Work could take place in a bid to reduce surface water flooding in Market Harborough during intense rainfall. Authorities are discussing what measures could potentially be put in place following the severe flooding in the town centre and other areas last month. Victoria Coombes, Flood Risk Manager at Leicestershire County Council, spoke to HFM at […]
A Market Harborough man has had ten months added to a prison sentence after conning an elderly woman out of nearly £500. William Wallace, who is serving over three years for preying on other pensioners, told the woman she had damage to her roof when he knocked on the door of her home in Corby […]
Market Harborough Building Society has launched a new service to help people whose banks have closed in the town. It allows customers of any bank to deposit and withdraw cash and coins at a dedicated kiosk inside the branch on The Square. MHBS has teamed up with the One Banx organisation to introduce the free […]
A stretch of the Brampton Valley Way has been closed for a week to allow ‘filming’ to take place. It means walkers and cyclists are unable to use part of the popular route in the Kelmarsh area – including through the Kelmarsh Tunnel. HFM asked West Northamptonshire Council what the filming relates to, but a […]
Harborough Town Football Club have been given the go-ahead to upgrade the stadium. The work will include the installation of a new 154-seater covered stand, two standing covered stands and a new toilet block. Some of the improvements at the Community Football Ground are mandatory requirements by the FA, following The Bees promotion last season […]
Revised plans to transform a long-standing derelict site in Market Harborough into over 80 apartments have been approved. Councillors gave the green light at a meeting last night, meaning developer Mitchian Welland Ltd will be able to step-up activity at the the corner of St Mary’s Road and Kettering Road, where site clearance work is […]
Work has finally got underway to stop flooding beside a footbridge over the railway in Kibworth every time it rains. The issue, which has been likened to a pond by residents, has been a constant annoyance to pedestrians using the route off School Road since a new bridge was installed six months ago. Residents, councillors […]
