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It is hoped a national food retailer will open a convenience store on a new housing estate in Market Harborough. Plans to build the first shops on the Airfield Farm site, off Leicester Road were approved by councillors last night. Two retail units will form part of the ‘local centre’ and Harborough District Council’s planning […]

A power cut has left over 90 properties in Market Harborough with no electricity. National Grid says homes and businesses in the Welland Park Road and Springfield Street areas are affected, as well as the town centre end of Northampton Road. Drivers are being urged to take extra care, as the outage means traffic lights […]

Incidents of fly-tipping across Harborough have dropped for a fourth year running. There were 317 reported in the past 12 months, compared with 322 the previous year. The fall bucks the national trend, with many other areas of the country seeing large increases in illegal dumping, and is being linked to the District Council’s on-going […]

HFM has teamed up with Enigma in Coventry Road, Market Harborough for another regular fundraising event! We are going to be hosting Fun BINGO on the last Wednesday of every month – the next one will be on Wednesday 25th October 2023! Each month the HFM team will host the fun night at Enigma, Coventry […]

An appeal for information has been launched after graffiti was daubed inside the newly refurbished toilets in Market Harborough’s Welland Park. The criminal damage took place sometime yesterday (Monday) in the men’s area of the block. Harborough District Council, which re-opened the facilities last month after a major re-vamp, says the graffiti has now been […]

Three complete sets of Beatles autographs have sold at auction in Market Harborough for £6,400. One set, written on the back of a Police charge sheet fetched £3,400 – nearly four times the estimate. The signatures were collected by the Market Harborough-based seller’s father, who was a police chief constable’s driver and took the band […]

People in Market Harborough who wanted to get more active are celebrating completing a  ‘Couch to 5k’ training programme. It was launched by Harborough Athletics Club and ran for ten-weeks, ending with the participants successfully completing a 5k run at the town’s Parkrun in Welland Park. These people were among those to compete the challenge: […]

A man left with a brain injury after being seriously assaulted in Market Harborough town centre is unlikely to be able to work again. The 37-year-old was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured skull and jaw, when he punched in the face during a fight on the High Street. His attacker, Joe Connors, was sentenced […]

A Market Harborough man has been jailed for 16 months after seriously injuring another man during a fight in the town centre. Joe Connors left his victim with a fractured skull and jaw, after punching him during the incident on the High Street in the early hours of May 1st last year. The man, aged […]

Basketball players at Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough are celebrating being crowned county champions. The Year 11 boys’ team picked up the title after winning the final of the competition held at the Morningside Arena – the home of the Leicester Riders. PE Teacher Courtney Gray says it’s a great achievement: Welland Park’s Year […]