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Harborough District Council is demanding water companies are made to come clean about the amount of sewage being dumped into rivers. Official figures show it flowed into waterways across Harborough for over 2,700 hours last year, with 479 separate incidents, although the exact amount of sewage involved is not revealed. In Market Harborough, sewage discharged […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after Sunday’s fatal crash on the A427 in Brampton Ash. His passenger, a woman aged in her 20s, died when the black 52-plate Mini Cooper left the road and went down an embankment, before colliding with a fence and coming to rest […]

Police say no-one was seriously injured after a crash in a residential street on Desborough. Emergency services were called to Ironwood Avenue on the Grange estate just after 5pm yesterday, following the collision involving a black Volkswagen and a white Mercedes. Other vehicles were also damaged in the incident. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Fire and […]

Plans have been announced to convert a historic building on Northampton Road in Market Harborough into five flats. Developers are seeking permission to carry out the work inside the grade two-listed building at the Springfield Street junction. The building dates back to the 1860’s and has most recently been used as offices, although over the […]

A Market Harborough primary school has been found to contain concrete which is at risk of collapsing. The school hall and kitchen at St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy on Coventry Road have been cordoned off, after Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was discovered in the building, although the school remains fully open to pupils. The […]

A decision on if the Harborough District will take on housing earmarked for Leicester has been delayed. Councillors were due to decide last night, but following representation from the area’s three Members of Parliament, who say there is no legal requirement for such a measure, it has been put back until November. The meeting of […]

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 […]