News
A hive of activity
Todmorden’s community beekeeping group – the Bee Friendly Collective – is offering another weekend introduction to the world of beekeeping.
Record contract is up for grabs
Promoters are encouraging singers from the upper Calder Valley to enter a talent competition which will see the winners receive a recording contract.
Man, 66, assaulted at railway station
Police have released these images after a 66-year-old man from Hebden Bridge was assaulted.
Bank chief helps pupils with their sums
Pupils at a village school had a surprise substitute teacher on Monday when the Governor of the Bank of England paid a visit.
Punk poet to headline arts festival
People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.
Hammer raiders rob town jewellery store
Armed robbers escaped with jewels after a hammer attack on a shop in Hebden Bridge.
Sport
Spectacular run goes on for Centre
Todmorden Sports Centre Under 14s retained the Calderdale League Cup on Sunday, making it successive league and cup doubles.
Bridgeholme upset hopes alive but Foot bow out
Hopes of a Luddenden Foot giantkilling act in last Sunday’s Parish Cup first round were shattered but Bridgeholme’s dreams live on.
David Moyes odds on favourite to replace retiring Alex Ferguson as Man United boss
Everton manager David Moyes is the odds on bookies’ favourite to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United after it emerged the 71-year-old will retire next week.
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Super Saints pick up the pace to gain seaside success
Hebden Bridge Saints Under-10s competed in the Blackpool Youth Tournament alongside teams from across the north of England last weekend.
can calder complete treble?
Midgley United boss Craig Gee has urged Calder ‘76 to crown an excellent season for Valley sides by adding to the haul of silverware next week.
Valley’s Karl scales the peaks in a record time
Calder Valley Fell Runners’ Karl Gray finished a superb third in Saturday’s Three Peaks Race, setting a record time for a 40-plus runner.
Lifestyle
Sport just ain’t the same
Whatever the reason, we know that school sport in this area is not like it was in our day. We played for school teams at different age levels and different sports, willingly giving up our Saturday mornings.
I knew one day I’d unearth a gem...
Hebden Bridge is, for me, an alphabet: small but with infinite possibilities. A creative environment that is personal, intimate and open.
1 commentArts centre hosts weekend events
Holme Street Arts Centre is hosting a handmade arts and craft fair on Saturday, May 18.
Golden girl Hannah Cockroft picks up MBE from the Queen
Double gold-medal winning paralympian Hannah Cockroft is pictured today with her MBE outside Buckingham Palace.
Pepperjam prepare for launch party at Trades Club
Soulful dub band Pepperjam launch their second album at the New Beehive, Bradford on Saturday (May 18) with their main launch party at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge on Sunday, May 26.
Don’t ‘myth’ your chance to join parade fun
Here’s your chance to let your imagination run riot by creating carnival costumes and making music for one of Hebden Bridge’s most colourful spectacles.
Community
Trimming change which will cause problems for elderly or disabled tenants
Well, Pennine Housing has done it again, especially to pensioners and disabled people.
Trip’s a cruise for Let’s Go group
Fifty three members of Todmorden U3A’s Let’s Go group are pictured enjoying a sunny trip to the Ellesmere Port Canal museum.
Sun room part of conversion bid
Plans to construct a parking area and convert a garage to an office and extension to form a sun room (revised scheme) at 2 Victoria Place, Warley Wood Lane, Luddenden Foot, have been submitted t0 Calderdale Council planners.
Political defector really has a nerve
Nader Fekri really takes the biscuit by criticising the decision of the Calder Valley Labour Party (May 2).
1 commentProposal to create a pond at site
A pond and associated works will be developed at land south of Automobilia at Billy Lane, Old Town, if planning permission is granted.
Remembering our loved ones at a ‘Celebration of Life’
A special service for people to remember loved ones who have passed away is being held in Hebden Bridge next week.
- Todmorden High School students get their A-level, AS and equivalent BTec results
- Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was a “very nice lady” who paved the way for women, says councillor
- Former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher dies - Sir Bernard Ingham calls her the “outstanding 20th century Prime Minister”
- Cruel sting as lack of dock leaves leads to world championships being cancelled
- New chip shop plan is put in
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Wednesday 22 May 2013
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